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Bending opinion: essays on persuasion in the public domain

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With communication playing an increasingly important role in contemporary society, rhetoric appears to have gained in influence and importance. The ancients knew all along: power belongs to those who know how to use their words. Nowadays, we know that rhetoric pervades all discourse. There is no communication without rhetoric. In a society with ever-increasing amounts of information, and with media whose significance cannot be overestimated, we need to know all the mechanisms playing a role in the gathering, making and reporting of information and opinions, and its processing by an audience. 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, informed discussions in the public domain, in political, organizational and journalistic discourse. Bending Opinion cites a host of relevant examples, from Barack Obama to Geert Wilders, as well as compelling case studies.

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Series Title

Rhetoric in society

Call Number

320.014 BEN b

Publisher

Leiden : Leiden University Press., 2011

Collation

455 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789400600201

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320.014

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text

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Subject(s)

Public opinion
Rhetoric
Debates and debating

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