Candidate: Matthew Sheptoski

Degree of: Doctor of Philosophy

Department: Sociology

Title: Ideology or Insanity? Media Presentation of Ted Kaczynski and Tim McVeigh

Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
2518 Sangren Hall

Committee:
Dr. Gerald Markle, Chair
Dr. Timothy Diamond
Dr. Robert Wait
Dr. Donald Cooney

Abstract:
This dissertation explores media presentation of Theodore J. Kaczynski and Timothy McVeigh. More specifically, I analyze The New York Time's and Time's presentation of these two actors, in order to assess whether their acts were attributed to ideological and political motivation or abnormality and mental illness. This dissertation thus stands at the intersection of mass media and the medicalization of deviance.

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