Communication criticism : developing your critical powers

Author

• Cohen, Jodi R

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Sage Publication , Inc., 1998

Language

English

ISBN

9781452243719

Series

Rhetoric and society v. 2

Subject(s)

• COMMUNICATION CRITICISM

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index

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Abstract

This book demonstrates how an understanding of the fundamental principles of communication will help in evaluating the effects, effectiveness, truthfulness, and ethics of every kind of communication from traditional "soapbox speeches" to reading a magazine, talking to a friend, watching court proceedings, or television news. Jodi R. Cohen's informally written, critical guide introduces classical theories of rhetoric at the beginning of each chapter, then expands the discussion with contemporary postmodern theories, and concerns such as aesthetics and cultural bias. There are question-and-answer sections in each chapter as well as many examples.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages).

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

The need to think critically about communication --
How to think critically about communication --
Language as style --
Language as sign systems --
Language as metaphor --
Structure as organization --
Structure as editing images --
Structure as narrative --
Structure as drama --
Reasoning as rhetorical argument --
Reasoning as field dependent-argument --
Reasoning as narrative --
Character as ethos. Character as the second persona --
Character as identification --
Emotion as pathos --
Emotion as desire --
Critical powers over who we are, what we know, and what we do.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00864/19	302.2 Coh C	Online !	Available