Rhetoric, Knowledge and the Public Sphere
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Beschreibung
This volume shows the significance of rhetorical construction of knowledge in the public sphere. It addresses the issues of citizenship and social participation, media agendas, surveillance and manipulation. It offers analyses of trends in specialist communication and critiques of devices used when contested interests or ideologies are presented.
Public deliberation depends on how skillful communicators are in establishing their version of what is known to be publicly acceptable. This volume provides rhetorical analyses of institutional websites, political speeches, scientific presentations, journalistic accounts or visual entertainment. It shows the significance of rhetorical construction of knowledge in the public sphere. It addresses the issues of citizenship and social participation, media agendas, surveillance and verbal or visual manipulation. It offers rhetorical critiques of current trends in specialist communication and of devices used when contested interests or ideologies are presented.
Autor*in
Agnieszka Kampka
Themen in »Rhetoric, Knowledge and the Public Sphere«
argumentation citizenship Kampka Knowledge mediated communication persuasion Public public discourse Rhetoric Sphere