The lobbying of the u.s english movement since 1983: a campaign via the media in quest of national unity

• INTRODUCTION
  
  • A. THE STATUS OF ENGLISH AND THE CONTEXT FOR THE RISE OF THE MOVEMENT
    
    • 2. Context for the Rise of the Movement
      
  • B. QUESTIONING THE UNIFYING ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN THE AMERICAN NATION
    
    • 2. Rhetoric Analysis: the Interaction between Language, Culture, and Identity
      
    • 3. Origins and Consequences of the Rejection of Bilingualism
      
  • C. PROPOSITION OF AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AMENDMENT
    
    • 2. Implications of an Official Language Legislation for Democracy
      
  • A. THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES OF U.S ENGLISH
    
    • 1. The Scope of the U.S ENGLISH Campaign
      
    • 2. Promoting the Movement by Celebrating National Symbols
      
    • 3. U.S ENGLISH Strategy: Projecting Disunity while Advocating Unity
      
  • B. QUESTIONING THE PRO-IMMIGRATION IMAGE OF THE MOVEMENT
    
    • 1. To What Extent does U.S ENGLISH Foster Immigration?
      
    • 2. Analysis of the 2008 Advertising Campaign: the 'Unwanted' Immigrants
      
  • C. REASONS AND ENDS OF THE U.S ENGLISH ANTI-HISPANIC ATTITUDE
    
    • 1. Documenting U.S ENGLISH's Hispanophobia
      
    • 2. Roots of the Organization Railing against Hispanics
      
    • 3. Impact of the Media Coverage of the Ethnic Composition of the Nation
      
  • A. U.S ENGLISH OR A NEW FORM OF NATIVISM?
    
    • 1. The Promotion of the Melting-pot as a 'National Ideal'
      
    • 3. U.S ENGLSIH 36\PEI4 NItivisP'
      
  • B. THE PORTRAYAL OF AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY
    
• CONCLUSION
  
• ANNEXES
  
  • I. Political Consequences.
    
• II. Cultural.
  
  • 2. When does diversity grade over into division?
    
• V. Education
  
• VI. Race/Class Relations.
  
• VII. The Economy.
  
• VIII. Retirement