Bending Opinion : Essays on Persuasion in the Public Domain /
"Rhetoric is, from both a practical and a theoretical perspective, essential to the conduct, analysis and evaluation of public debates. After all, the idea of Democracy is closely intertwined with the ideal of transparent decision-making on the basis of open high-quality discussions in the publ...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ton van Haaften [and others]
- Part I: Fundamentals of Rhetoric. Deliberation, Free Speech and the Marketplace of Ideas /Ineke Sluiter
- Rhetoric, Classicism and Democracy: The Conveyance of Moral and Political Values in Late Antique Rhetorical Education / Manfred Kraus
- Melody and Rhythm in Ancient Political Discourse. On How Emotions Induce Persuasion / Marie Formarier
- Generalizing Stasis Theory for Everyday Use / Christian Kock
- Rhetoric and Argumentation / J. Anthony Blair
- Part II: The Rhetoric of Verbal Presentation. Generalizing about the Persuasive Effects of Message Variations: The Case of Gain-Framed and Loss-Framed Appeals / Daniel J. O'Keefe
- The Contribution of Praeteritio to Arguers' Strategic Maneuvering in the Argumentation Stage of a Discussion / Francisca Snoeck Henkemans
- Limits and Effects of Reductio ad Absurdum Argumentation / Henrike Jansen and Marianne Dingemanse and Ingrid Persoon
- Professionalizing Speech Production. Changes in 15 Years of Ministerial Speeches / Jaap de Jong and Bas Andeweg
- The Correlation between Style and Argument in Newspaper Columns / Hilde van Belle
- Part III: Rhetoric and the Media
- If This Goes On ... : The Rhetorical Construction of Future Problems / Joel Best
- Exploring Everyday Ethos. Ethos Techniques in Online Discussions about Extraordinary Experiences / Peter Burger and Lotte Anemaet
- The Popular Virgin and the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: A Case Study of the Imaging of Victims and Offenders / Willem Koetsenruijter and Gabry Vanderveen
- "Conceptual and Fanciful" or "a Depiction of Reality": Exploiting Visual Modality to Claim Environmental Ethos in UK Advertizements for Automotive and Energy Companies (2007-2008) / Susan Hogben
- Part IV: Rhetoric and Politics. Rhetoric and the (Re)Constitution of Collective Identity: The Example of Poland / Cezar M. Ornatowski
- Symbolic Power: Political Rhetoric in a State of Exception / Bart van Klink, Olivier Lembcke and Pablo Leandro Ciocchini
- Do New Parties Bring Personalization, a Narrow Issue Agenda and Populist Rhetoric? Evidence from Dutch Election Campaign Coverage from 1998 to 2006 / Janet Takens [and others]
- Parliamentary Debate and Political Culture: The Dutch Case / Ton van Haaften
- Part V: The Rhetoric of Topoi. Talking about Sustainability: Responses to Frames in Persuasive Messages about Sustainable Agriculture and Food / Baldwin van Gorp and Margot van der Goot
- Responding to Expert Arguments Emerging Lay Topoi in Focus Group Interviews on GM Crops / Anders Horsbol
- Speaking of Terror: Challenging Norms of Rhetorical Citizenship in Danish Public Discourse / Lisa Storm Villadsen
- Strategic Maneuvering with Linguistic Arguments in the Justification of Judicial Decisions / Eveline Feteris.
- pt. 1. Fundamentals of rhetoric
- pt. 2. The rhetoric of verbal presentation
- pt. 3. Rhetoric and the media
- pt. 4. Rhetoric and politics
- pt. 5. The rhetoric of Topoi.