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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456461103321

Autore

Renz Byron B (Byron Ben), <1935->

Titolo

Our own worst enemy as protector of ourselves [[electronic resource] ] : stereotypes, schemas, and typifications as integral elements in the persuasive process / / Byron B. Renz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, Inc., 2010

ISBN

1-282-50546-7

9786612505461

0-7618-4705-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

303.375

303.375 22

Soggetti

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Mass media and propaganda

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Introduction: The Function of Persuasion in Propaganda; Chapter 01. Media, Fear, and the Consolidation of State Power; Chapter 02. The Enthymeme as a Persuasive Device in Terrorists' Media Messages; Chapter 03. Social Construction of Media-Generated Terrorist Images; Chapter 04. Media Imagery: Generator of Oppositional Schemas That Fuel World Conflict; Chapter 05. From the Seed to the Tree and Back Again: Definition of Linguistic Purpose; Chapter 06. Propaganda: From Theory to Practice; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes us through the persuasive process, particularly as it is used in terrorist persuasive settings and as it has been used in some of the major propaganda battles of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.