Media argumentation: dialectic, persuasion, and rhetoric/

Main Author: Walton, Douglas N
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambrodge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, c2007
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Logic, dialectic, and rhetoric
  • The speech act of persuasion
  • Propaganda
  • Appeals to fear and pity
  • Ad hominem arguments in political discourse
  • Arguments based on popular opinion
  • Fallacies and bias in public opinion polling
  • Persuasive definitions and public policy
  • Arguments
  • The structure of media argumentation.