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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779128303321

Autore

Cohen Jodi R

Titolo

Communication criticism [[electronic resource] ] : developing your critical powers / / Jodi R. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1998

ISBN

1-322-41905-1

0-7619-0630-4

1-4522-5042-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 221 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric and society ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

302.2

Soggetti

Communication criticism

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

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface: Author's Notes on the Philosophy and Design of the Book; Unit I - An Introduction to Communication and Criticism; Chapter 1 - The Need to Think Critically about Communication; Chapter 2 - How to Think Critically about Communication; Unit II - Critical Concepts That Focus on Language; Chapter 3 - Language as Style; Chapter 4 - Language as Sign Systems; Chapter 5 - Language as Metaphor; Unit III - Critical Concepts That Focus on Structure; Chapter 6 - Structure as Organization; Chapter 7 - Structure as Editing Images

Chapter 8 - Structure as NarrativeChapter 9 - Structure as Drama; Unit IV - Critical Concepts That Focus on Reasoning; Chapter 10 - Reasoning as Rhetorical Argument; Chapter 11 - Reasoning as Field-Dependent Argument; Chapter 12 - Reasoning as Narrative; Unit V - Critical Concepts That Focus on Character; Chapter 13 - Character as Ethos; Chapter 14 - Character as the Second Persona; Chapter 15 - Character as Identification; Unit VI - Critical Concepts That Focus on Emotion; Chapter 16 - Emotion as Pathos; Chapter 17 - Emotion as Desire; Unit VII - Developing Critical Powers

Chapter 18 - Critical Powers Over Who We are, What We Know, and What We doGlossary of Key Concepts; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This work demonstrates to students how understanding the fundamental principles of communication helps them evaluate the



effects, effectiveness, truthfulness and ethics of every kind of communication.