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MN StoryCollective: Citizen Storytelling
(2024-08-01) Inglis , Maximillion; Neuser , Abrahm; Olson, Julia; Williams, Matt
The Minnesota Story Collective (MNSC), an initiative of the State of Minnesota, was established to collect and analyze qualitative narratives from diverse community members. This effort aims to provide state agencies with a flexible and ongoing source of qualitative data to ensure that programs, policies, and practices better meet the needs of all families. In Fall 2023, MNSC collected a substantial dataset through community
events and an online portal, creating an opportunity to more deeply understand key communities or subgroups in Minnesota, including: youth, single parents, and parents of children with identified special health needs. This project was undertaken to analyze the collected narratives and identify recurring patterns and themes within the data of these three subgroups. The analysis focused on three key research questions: (1) What are the frequently recurring ideas shared by participants? (2) What do these stories reveal about the lived experiences of Minnesotans? (3) How can the MNSC initiative be effectively communicated to potential users to enhance policy-making processes? Through thematic analysis, the study identified seven primary themes across the narratives: Home, Region/Place, Events, Community, Institutions, and Needs (with
subcategories of Barriers to Needs and Needs Met). These themes were further explored within the context of the three target populations, providing insights into the unique challenges and experiences faced by each group.
Antisocialite: Presidential Tweets and the mobilization of Stop the Steal on January 6th
(2024-08-01) Dausch, Alexander
The January 6th, 2021, insurrection ushered in a new realm of possibilities around American presidential election results. Guided by Donald Trump’s tweets and rhetoric that day, the violence against the Capitol threatened the peaceful transition of power between presidential administrations. This study investigates how Trump’s tweets on January 6th created a worldview for his followers that made the violent acts against the Capitol that day reasonable and necessary for them to commit. While there have been extensive studies of the insurrection events, this paper presents a rhetorical frame analysis of Trump’s tweets and other rhetoric that day, while aligning the timing and content of his communications with the actions of those who committed the insurrection. This analysis and alignment bears examining because it provides insight into the real effects rhetoric and social media can have on the mobilization of social movements. The rhetorical frame analysis categorizes every Trump tweet from January 6th, demonstrating a progression from diagnostic, to prognostic, and finally to motivational framing in his rhetoric. The analysis also displays an alignment between Trump’s rhetorical frame progression and the violence on the Capitol. This particular type of frame analysis on this topic, coupled with the alignment shown with the insurrection actions fills a gap in this type of research. The implications of this research are that rhetoric has enough power to mobilize social movements into violent action, therefore making it necessary to analyze and understand the rhetorical tactics that were used to do so.
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