Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
4-6-2021
Year of Publication
2021
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Communication and Information
Department/School/Program
Communication
First Advisor
Dr. Kimberly A. Parker
Second Advisor
Dr. Chike Anyaegbunam
Abstract
Women who secretly warn one another via informal communications about men in their environment who may engage in some kind of misconduct are participating in a whisper network. This dissertation employs the narrative paradigm to understand how these networks function in the context of professional actors. Interviews conducted with actors who have worked in a variety of communities were analyzed in order to better understand how whisper networks function as warning systems that must be created because conventional means of protection may not exist or be trusted in their industry.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2021.034
Recommended Citation
Carter, Richard Edward, "“IT’S THE ONLY THING WE HAVE”: WHISPER NETWORKS AMONG WOMEN THEATRE ACTORS" (2021). Theses and Dissertations--Communication. 97.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/comm_etds/97
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Acting Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons
