Showing papers on "Rhetorical question published in 2013"
05 Nov 2013
TL;DR: Heath et al. as mentioned in this paper presented a case study of Frederick Douglass' "Fourth of July Address" in public relations, focusing on the role of women in the public relations process.
Abstract: Introduction by Robert Heath Section 1: Rhetorical Heritage and Critical Tradition 1. The Rhetorical Tradition: Wrangle in the Market: Robert L. Heath 2. The Case for Pluralistic Studies of Public Relations: Rhetorical, Critical, and Excellence Perspectives : Elizabeth L. Toth 3. Theoretical Black Holes: A Partial A to Z of Missing Critical Thought in Public Relations: David McKie 4. Civil Society as a Rhetorical Public Relations Process: Maureen Taylor 5. Perspectives on Public Relations History: Ron Pearson 6. Feminist Criticism in Public Relations: How Gender Can Impact Public Relations Texts and Contexts: Linda Aldoory Section 2: Creating Shared Meaning through Ethical Public Relations Promotion and Publicity 7. Public Relations and the Strategic Use of Transparency - Consistency, Hypocrisy and Corporate Change: Lars Thoger Christensen and Roy Langer 8. 756*: The Legitimacy of a Baseball Number: Josh Boyd 9. The Devil in Disguise: Voixx, Drug Safety and the FDA: Jane Stuart Baker, Charles Conrad, Chris Cudahy and Jennifer Willyard 10. Activist Public Relations: A Case Study of Frederick Douglass' "Fourth of July Address": Robert L. Heath and Damion Waymer 11. Connecting Organizations and Their Employee Publics: The Rhetorical Analysis of Employee-Organization Relationships (EOR): Damion Waymer and Lan Ni Section 3: Activism, Issues, Crisis and Risk: Rhetorical Heavy Lifting 12. Crisis, Crisis Communication, Reputation, and Rhetoric: W. Timothy Coombs 13. Dialogue, Discourse Ethics, and Disney: Rebecca J. Meisenbach & Sarah Bonewits Feldner 14. Secret Persuaders: Ethical and Rhetorical Perspectives on the Use of Public Relations Front Groups: Michael J. Palenchar and Kathy R. Fitzpatrick 15. Inter-Organizational Crisis Communication: Exploring Source and Stakeholder Communication in the Roman Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Case: Suzanne Boys Section 4: Character, Ethics, and Legitimacy in the Practice of Public Relations 16. Character, Ethics and Legitimacy in the Practice of Public Relations: John W. Hill and Arthur Page: Karen Miller Russell 17. Send Out a Posse: Outlaw Discourse As Postmodern Rhetoric: Josh Boyd and Sarah Hagedorn VanSlette 18. Documentary as Activist Medium: The Wal-Mart Movie: Ashli Quesinberry Stokes and Rachel Holloway 19. Good Environmental Citizens? The Green Rhetoric of Corporate Social Responsibility: Oyvind Ihlen
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TL;DR: This paper examines the construct measured by automated essay scoring (AES) systems and begins by defining writing as a construct and then turns to the e-rater scoring engine as an example of AES state-of-the-art construct measurement.
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TL;DR: The authors found that the rhetorical strategy used by these enterprises casts the organization as protagonist and those that challenge the change as antagonists, and that rhetorical strategy weaves together these protagonist and antagonist themes to create tension and persuade the audience of the organization's legitimacy.
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TL;DR: The effects of social media on established and emerging flows of rhetorical practices in organizations are examined, focusing in particular on the expanding, and in some cases switching, roles played by senior management and employees.
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TL;DR: The authors assess where we are within this field of inquiry, and what is our trajectory, and question whether we need more entry mode studies, especially if we are going to get more of the same.
Abstract: This commentary's title is not meant to be a rhetorical question. In congratulating Brouthers (2002) for the JIBS Decade Award, we have an opportunity to assess where we are within this field of inquiry, and what is our trajectory. I believe that we have accomplished a lot in this area of study. Nevertheless, I am concerned about its current trajectory, so much so that I think we should seriously question whether we need more entry mode studies – especially if we are going to get more of the same.
110 citations
TL;DR: Rhetoric is proposed as a valuable yet underdeveloped alternative paradigm for examining IT diffusion and it is suggested that two central elements of the theory, framing and ideology, rather than being treated as separate can be usefully integrated.
Abstract: In this paper we propose rhetoric as a valuable yet underdeveloped alternative paradigm for examining IT diffusion. Building on recent developments of computerization movements theory, our rhetorical approach proposes that two central elements of the theory, framing and ideology, rather than being treated as separate can be usefully integrated. We suggest that IT diffusion can be usefully explored through examining the interrelationship of the deep structures underlying ideology and the type and sequence of rhetorical claims underpinning actors' framing strategies. Our theoretical developments also allow us to better understand competing discourses influencing the diffusion process. These discourses reflect the ideologies and shape the framing strategies of actors in the broader field context. We illuminate our theoretical approach by drawing on the history of the diffusion of free and open source software.
99 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines four rhetorical frameworks and two accompanying tropes that interpellate feminist subjects in ways that are destructive to antisubordination struggles, allowing hegemonic logic to masquerade as radical critique.
Abstract: Intersectionality has become a key concept for social justice advocates and socially conscious scholars in feminist studies, critical race studies, queer studies, sociology, and many other fields. Yet prevailing conventions and habits of argument in scholarship and social life have led to distorted and destructive critiques of intersectionality that are damaging to feminist antisubordination scholarship and activism. These actions at the scene of argument constitute an academic feminist public through articulations that serve as socializing pedagogies. This article examines four rhetorical frameworks and two accompanying tropes that interpellate feminist subjects in ways that are destructive to antisubordination struggles. They allow hegemonic logic to masquerade as radical critique. Feminists cannot escape the use of patterned language, claims, and arguments, but we can insist on looking more closely at the scene of argument in order to determine how conventionalized framing rhetorics and tropes ...
92 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a rhetorical analysis of key articles from the paradigm wars is presented, and the implications of the analysis for understanding the paradigm war, the concept of paradigm incommensurability, paradigm integration, paradigm pluralism and paradigm dissolution are constructed to counter each other.
Abstract: Kuhn's concept of paradigm and Burrell and Morgan's paradigms continue to exert considerable influence on contemporary thinking in business and management research. Indeed, recent contributions to the ‘paradigm wars’ have provoked scholars to remark upon the longevity of this debate. Consequently, this paper argues that it is timely to revisit the concepts of paradigm(s) and the controversy surrounding them. It begins by discussing how Kuhn's and Burrell and Morgan's paradigm(s) are underpinned by structural linguistics and how scholars have argued this is problematized by deconstruction. Next, the methodology describes the literature search, offers a brief introduction to rhetoric, and introduces the form of rhetorical analysis employed in this study. Moving on, a rhetorical analysis of key articles from the paradigm wars is presented. This develops understanding of this dispute by illustrating how it is inherently dialogic; arguments for paradigm incommensurability, paradigm integration, paradigm pluralism and paradigm dissolution are constructed to counter each other. The paper identifies three main rhetorical strategies employed by scholars in these arguments: constructing identities for individuals and groups by attributing assumptions, values and interests to them; transferring agency to concepts; and managing accountability for their claims. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the analysis for understanding of the paradigm wars, the concept of paradigm incommensurability, and the practice of reflecting on one's own metatheoretical assumptions. Finally, potential applications of rhetorical analysis to contemporary debates in management research are identified.
84 citations
TL;DR: Analysis of audio recordings and transcripts from two of Milgram's experimental conditions draws attention to the way in which participants could draw the experimenter into a process of negotiation over the continuation of the experimental session, something which could lead to quite radical departures from the standardized experimental procedure.
Abstract: The present paper outlines a perspective on Milgram's obedience experiments informed by rhetorical psychology. This perspective is demonstrated through a qualitative analysis of audio recordings and transcripts from two of Milgram's experimental conditions: 'voice-feedback' and 'women as subjects'. Analysis draws attention to the way in which participants could draw the experimenter into a process of negotiation over the continuation of the experimental session, something which could lead to quite radical departures from the standardized experimental procedure, and points to the ineffectiveness of Milgram's fourth prod (You have no other choice, you must go on). These observations are discussed in terms of their implications for theory and research on dis/obedience, with a specific focus on the concepts of choice and agency and the nature and meaning of dis/obedience.
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19 Sep 2013
TL;DR: For instance, the authors surveys the place of rhetoric in contemporary public life and assesses its virtues as a tool of political theory, arguing that public arguments are easily dismissed as "mere rhetoric" rather than engaged critically, with citizens encouraged to be passive consumers of a media spectacle rather than active participants in a political dialogue.
Abstract: Rhetoric is the art of speech and persuasion, the study of argument and, in Classical times, an essential component in the education of the citizen. For rhetoricians, politics is a skill to be performed and not merely observed. Yet in modern democracies we often suspect political speech of malign intent and remain uncertain how properly to interpret and evaluate it. Public arguments are easily dismissed as ‘mere rhetoric’ rather than engaged critically, with citizens encouraged to be passive consumers of a media spectacle rather than active participants in a political dialogue.
This volume provides a clear and instructive introduction to the skills of the rhetorical arts. It surveys critically the place of rhetoric in contemporary public life and assesses its virtues as a tool of political theory. Questions about power and identity in the practices of political communication remain central to the rhetorical tradition: how do we know that we are not being manipulated by those who seek to persuade us? Only a grasp of the techniques of rhetoric and an understanding of how they manifest themselves in contemporary politics, argues the author, can guide us in answering these perennial questions.
Politics and Rhetoric draws together in a comprehensive and highly accessible way relevant ideas from discourse analysis, classical rhetoric updated to a modern setting, relevant issues in contemporary political theory, and numerous carefully chosen examples and issues from current politics. It will be essential reading for all students of politics and political communications.
TL;DR: The authors explored the functions of source text use in the discussion sections of master's theses and research articles from biology using two typologies, one created by Thompson, 2001, Thompson, 2005 and, the second, an expanded model described in this paper, which reflects the rhetorical progression of this part-genre.
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the body in theory of mind is examined and the ways in which autistic people are dis embodied in theories about ToM. The authors argue that ToM denies autistic people agency by calling into question their very humanity and, in doing so, wreak violence on autistic bodies, and suggest that feminist rhetorical studies represent one potential location for dismantling the complex web of oppression that toM has come to signify.
Abstract: This essay is an autie-ethnographic narrative that traces the problems with and limits of theory of mind (ToM) as it is currently constructed in psychology and cognitive studies In particular, I examine the role of the body in ToM—or rather, the ways in which autistic people are dis embodied in theories about ToM I argue that theories about ToM deny autistic people agency by calling into question their very humanity and, in doing so, wreak violence on autistic bodies I suggest, furthermore, that feminist rhetorical studies represent one potential location for dismantling the complex web of oppression that ToM has come to signify Keywords: theory of mind; autism; rhetoric; violence; embodiment
TL;DR: The authors provided an anatomy of the rhetorical configuration of representative advertising narratives from the most valuable brands, while seeking to demonstrate the usefulness of classical rhetoric in understanding narratives that involve other than verbal modes and to contribute to the ongoing research on visual, verbo-visual and multimodal rhetoric on both conceptual and methodological levels.
Abstract: This paper furnishes an anatomy of the rhetorical configuration of representative advertising narratives from the most valuable brands (based on WPP’s BrandZ 2012 Report), while seeking to demonstrate the usefulness of classical rhetoric in understanding narratives that involve other than verbal modes and to contribute to the ongoing research on visual, verbo-visual and multimodal rhetoric on both conceptual and methodological levels. The filmic syntagms are segmented by applying the rhetorical taxonomy of operations (adjunction, suppression, substitution, permutation) that was adapted by Groupe μ (1970) from Quintilian, with the aid of the content analytic tool Atlas.ti 7, and a list of 39 rhetorical figures that partake of these operations. The definitions of the involved figures are expanded with view to providing (partial) answers to the ongoing plea for adapting traditional figures in a highly visio-centric culture, of which advertising filmic narratives constitute a remarkable example. Furthermore, three novel figures are put forward, viz. accolorance, pareikonopoeia and reshaption, with view to capturing salient facets of this visio-centric culture. The ensuing discussion draws on the findings of the content analytic study, while highlighting not only which figures recur most frequently in the selected corpus, but, moreover, how they surface in different modes and interactions among modes, thus yielding a ‘rhetorical first mover advantage’.
TL;DR: This paper analyzed anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic jokes and argued that the underlying logic of racism is the same as that of satire, where stereotypes and exclusions of Muslims and Jews are not the same, having both different histories and trajectories in relation to contemporary racialization.
Abstract: Constructed with linguistic devices that resemble metaphor and other rhetorical devices, humour has the inbuilt ability to support racism in various readings. Through a discourse analysis of anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic jokes, this article outlines the connections between humorous and serious racism. It explains how online humour expresses two logics of racism: social inclusion and exclusion. Stereotypes and inferiorization are used in combination and separately to form ‘acceptable’ inclusive images in jokes. Where jokes depict exclusion, this is achieved through images of removal, violence or death. Although the stereotypes and exclusions of Muslims and Jews presented in the jokes are not the same, having both different histories and different trajectories in relation to contemporary racializations, it is argued that the underlying logic of racism is the same. This logic, in particular readings, supports the hard and extreme right-wing views of some of the websites, although the jokes are open t...
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: The Public Work of Rhetoric as mentioned in this paper presents the art of rhetorical techne as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy.
Abstract: The Public Work of Rhetoric presents the art of rhetorical techne as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy. In this provocative call to action, editors John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan, along with seventeen other accomplished contributors, offer case studies and criticism on the rhetorical practices of citizen-scholars pursuing democratic ideals in diverse civic communities--with partnerships across a range of media, institutions, exigencies, and discourses.Challenging conventional research methodologies and the traditional insularity of higher education, these essays argue that civic engagement as a rhetorical act requires critical attention to our notoriously veiled identity in public life, to our uneasy affiliation with democracy as a public virtue, and to the transcendent powers of discourse and ideology. This can be accomplished, the contributors argue, by building on the compatible traditions of materialist rhetoric and community literacy, two vestiges of rhetoric's dual citizenship in the fields of communication and English. This approach expresses a collective desire in rhetoric for more politically responsive scholarship, more visible impact in public life, and more access to the critical spaces between universities and their communities.The compelling case studies in The Public Work of Rhetoric are located in inner-urban and postindustrial communities where poverty is the overriding concern, in afterschool and extracurricular alternatives that offer new routes to literate achievement, in new media and digital representations of ethnic cultures designed to promote chosen identities, in neighborhoods and scientific laboratories where race is the dominant value, and in the policy borderlands between universities and the communities they serve. Through these studies and accounts, the contributors champion the notion that the public work of rhetoric is the tough labor of gaining access and trust, learning the codes and histories of communities, locating the situations in which rhetorical expertise is most effective, and in many cases jointly defining the terms for gauging social change."
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how management researchers rhetorically construct the theoretical purpose and contribution of qualitative studies and identify three sets of rhetorical practices, or repertoires, in the period 1999-2011.
Abstract: This paper examines how management researchers rhetorically construct the theoretical purpose and contribution of qualitative studies. By means of a rhetorical analysis of qualitative studies published in the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Management Studies, we identify three sets of rhetorical practices, or repertoires, in the period 1999–2011. These repertoires differ with regard to how they position and legitimize the use of qualitative research. The first repertoire, which we label ‘modernist’, bases the legitimacy of qualitative research on its exploratory and theory-building strengths. The second ‘revisionist’ repertoire accepts key assumptions of modernism, but allows for an expanded role for qualitative research. In contrast, the third ‘subversive’ repertoire is non-positivist and rejects the traditional theory-building/-testing dichotomy. Using the insights from our ‘rhetoric of science’ approach, we argue for the use of alternative repertoires that decouple qualitative research from the rhetoric of exploration.
TL;DR: This article explored rhetorical moves of abstracts in the fields of linguistics and applied linguistics by investigating 200 abstracts published between 2009-2012, and found that there were three conventional moves in abstracts from linguistics, while there were four conventional moves from applied languages.
Abstract: The previous studies on abstracts (e.g., Santos, 1996; Samraj, 2002; Pho, 2008) illustrate that disciplinary variation in research article abstracts is discernible. However, the studies of abstracts from two related disciplines are still limited. The present study aimed to explore the rhetorical moves of abstracts in the fields of linguistics and applied linguistics by investigating 200 abstracts published between 2009-2012. Hyland’s (2000) model of five rhetorical moves was chosen as the analytical framework for the rhetorical structure. Findings indicated that there were three conventional moves in abstracts in linguistics, while there were four conventional moves in abstracts in applied linguistics. The findings have significant pedagogical implications for academic writing for novice writers in the two disciplines.
03 Mar 2013
TL;DR: Examining cues in speech that would help robots not only to provide expert knowledge, but also to deliver this knowledge effectively has implications for the development of effective dialogue strategies for informational robots.
Abstract: Robots hold great promise as informational assistants such as museum guides, information booth attendants, concierges, shopkeepers, and more. In such positions, people will expect them to be experts on their area of specialty. Not only will robots need to be experts, but they will also need to communicate their expertise effectively in order to raise trust and compliance with the information that they provide. This paper draws upon literature in psychology and linguistics to examine cues in speech that would help robots not only to provide expert knowledge, but also to deliver this knowledge effectively. To test the effectiveness of these cues, we conducted an experiment in which participants created a plan to tour a fictional city based on suggestions by two robots. We manipulated the landmark descriptions along two dimensions of expertise: practical knowledge and rhetorical ability. We then measured which locations the participants chose to include in the tour based on their descriptions. Our results showed that participants were strongly influenced by both practical knowledge and rhetorical ability; they included more landmarks described using expert linguistic cues than those described using simple facts. Even when the overall level of practical knowledge was high, an increase in rhetorical ability resulted in significant improvements. These results have implications for the development of effective dialogue strategies for informational robots.
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce iconographic tracking, a research method that employs traditional qualitative and inventive digital research strategies to investigate the circulation, transformation and consequentiality of images across genres, mediums, and contexts.
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30 Aug 2013TL;DR: It is shown that a very large number of relations carry signals that identify them as such, and thus the detailed, extensive analysis of signals in the corpus will aid research in the automatic parsing of discourse relations.
Abstract: We present an annotation effort that involves adding a new layer of annotation to an existing corpus. We are interested in how rhetorical relations are signalled in discourse, and thus begin with a corpus already annotated for rhetorical relations, to which we add signalling information. We show that a very large number of relations carry signals that identify them as such. The detailed, extensive analysis of signals in the corpus will aid research in the automatic parsing of discourse relations.
TL;DR: This paper conducted a contrastive textual analysis of selected headlines, culled from the editorials of the English newspaper, The New York Times, and those of Persian newspaper, Tehran Times, aimed at exploring the kind of textual and rhetorical strategies the two newspapers used for propagating their preferred ideologies.
Abstract: Newspaper editorials constitute a part of media discourse, which is an extremely important field of research in intercultural rhetoric analysis and EFL (English as a foreign language)/ESL (English as a second language) studies. Specifically, certain features of editorial headlines and also their important role in monitoring and directing readers’ attention have made the interface between the linguistic analysis of newspaper editorial headlines and teaching of EFL as a relevant issue in language teaching. Through conducting a contrastive textual analysis of selected headlines, culled from the editorials of the English newspaper, The New York Times, and those of Persian newspaper, Tehran Times, the present study aimed at exploring the kind of textual and rhetorical strategies the two newspapers used for propagating their preferred ideologies. The results of the study indicated that headlines in the two papers presented a subjective attitude of the writers (newspapers) toward the topic. However, based on the analysis of the data, it became clear that there were certain differences between the two sets of headlines in terms of Presupposition, and certain Rhetorical devices.
TL;DR: The authors conducted a qualitative study to determine why students choose not to complain to their instructors when they experience dissatisfaction and found that students withheld dissent from their instructors due to organizational factors and, to a lesser extent, relational and personal factors.
Abstract: Dissatisfaction between students and faculty is not uncommon, but the majority of students do not complain to their instructors when they have issues that need addressing. Because complaining to instructors gives them the potential to fix student problems, we conducted this study to determine why students choose not to complain to their instructors when they experience dissatisfaction. We used a qualitative approach to answering this question and asked a sample of 186 participants to report their reasons for withholding rhetorical dissent. Our data indicated that students withheld dissent from their instructors due to organizational factors and, to a lesser extent, relational and personal factors. We discuss these results and identify implications for instructors.
TL;DR: It is shown that figures stand in both presentational and subject matter relations to the text, and that the relationship between figures and text is one of a small set out of the larger possible rhetorical relations.
Abstract: We present a corpus-based study of coherence in multimodal documents. We concern ourselves with the types of relationships between graphs and tables and the text of the document in which they appear. In order to understand and categorize the types of relations across modalities, we are making use of Rhetorical Structure Theory (Mann and Thompson, 1988), and propose that this can adequately describe these types of relations. We analyzed a corpus comprising three different genres, and consisting of about 1500 pages of material and almost 600 figures, tables and graphs. We show that figures stand in both presentational and subject matter relations to the text, and that the relationship between figures and text is one of a small set out of the larger possible rhetorical relations. We also discuss several issues that arise in the treatment of multimodal material, such as the potential for multiple connections between figure and text.
TL;DR: In this article, a dual relationship between public relations and the new institutionalism is studied, and the focus is on the shift towards a more complex and interactive understanding of how and why organizations adopt institutionalized norms.
Abstract: The aim of this conceptual article is to study a possible dual relationship between public relations and the new institutionalism. How can neo-institutional organizational theory contribute to public relations research, including answering the question: How is public relations (corporate communication or strategic communication) institutionalized in private and public organizations? And how, vice versa, can public relations contribute to the neo-institutional study of organizations, including answering the question: How does public relations institutionalize? In the first part of the article, a short up-to-date precis of the new institutionalism is given demonstrating how this theoretical framework within organizational sociology has developed through various stages and in various directions. The focus is on the shift towards a more complex and interactive understanding of how and why organizations adopt institutionalized norms. In the second part of the article, the new interest in rhetorical, discursive...
30 Sep 2013
TL;DR: It is concluded that it is important to understand the rhetorical construction of two community sites as reflections of the cultures they support, and how these sites support the information sharing practices of these communities.
Abstract: In this paper, we describe the rhetorical construction of two community sites and analyze how these sites support the information sharing practices of these communities. By examining activity on web-based discussion boards reddit and 4chan, we show how these spaces are developed and shaped over time by participants making rhetorical moves in order to share content within these ecologies. During the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, we show how these spaces can be altered, disregarding the more typical practices on these sites. When community members embrace or reject these uses, it is as much a reaction to the content as it is to the cultural misuse of the community. In the case of reddit and 4hcan, this acceptance and rejection is especially true when the makers and maintainers of the system are participants themselves. Through this examination, we conclude that it is important to understand the rhetorical construction of these systems as reflections of the cultures they support.
TL;DR: In this paper, a rhetorical analysis of the character education policy of a school board in Ontario, Canada, provides an illustrative example of the method's contributions to the field of critical discourse analysis, and they identify rhetorical appeals of Character Matters! texts that aim to persuade the policy's audience to support a predominantly traditional approach to character education.
Abstract: Rhetorical analysis, an approach to critical discourse analysis, is presented as a useful method for critical policy analysis and its effort to understand the role policies play in perpetuating inequality. A rhetorical analysis of Character Matters!, the character education policy of a school board in Ontario, Canada, provides an illustrative example of the method’s contributions to the field. I identify rhetorical appeals of Character Matters! texts that aim to persuade the policy’s audience to support a predominantly traditional approach to character education. I then present contributions of rhetorical analysis for critical policy research and possibilities of rhetorical analysis for democratizing policy processes. I conclude by considering possible implications for York Region if the rhetoric of Character Matters! successfully convinces its audience to support the traditional approach to character education it advocates.
13 Feb 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an account of the emergence of the Republika Srpska referendum discourse and how it was articulated by Milorad Dodik to establish his SNSD party as the dominant force in the region.
Abstract: The theory and practice of referenda played an important role in the break-up of Yugoslavia, especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), where two divisive referenda preceded the Bosnian War of 1992–1995. After the failure of constitutional reforms in April 2006, Milorad Dodik, then Republika Srpska's prime minister, suggested that Republika Srpska had the right to hold its own referendum, with separation from Bosnia an unstated (yet soon openly discussed) aspiration. This paper presents an account of the emergence of Republika Srpska referendum discourse and how it was articulated by Milorad Dodik to establish his SNSD party as the dominant force in Republika Srpska. It documents the dialogical context and rhetorical gambits used by Dodik to articulate the discourse, tracing how it evolved in response to regional events and elections. The paper concludes by considering the limits of interpreting Dodik as a demagogue and of a discourse-centered approach to political rhetoric.
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28 Mar 2013TL;DR: In this article, Denzey Lewis explores the rhetoric of "enslavement to fate" in the intellectual history of the 2nd century C.E., which she argues is differently articulated by ancient authors but to similar rhetorical ends.
Abstract: In Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity, Denzey Lewis explores the rhetoric of "enslavement to fate" in the intellectual history of the 2nd century C.E., which she argues is differently articulated by ancient authors but to similar rhetorical ends.