
Douglas Walton
Author
Douglas WaltonPublisher
Cambridge University PressEdition 1
Title and Author
Media argumentation: dialectic, persuasion, and rhetoric / Douglas WaltonPublication Details
کمبریج : Cambridge University Press، 2007مPhysical Description
xiii, 386 p .: ill. (some col.); 24 cm.Subject
ReasoningLanguage
انگلیسیNotes
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