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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807097203321

Autore

Woodward Gary C

Titolo

The perfect response : studies of the rhetorical personality / / Gary C. Woodward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

1-282-92181-9

9786612921810

0-7391-4002-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Lexington studies in political communication

Disciplina

153.6

Soggetti

Communication - Psychological aspects

Public speaking - Psychological aspects

Communication in politics - Psychological aspects

Rhetoric and psychology

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; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction: A Conceptual Map of the Rhetorical Personality; Chapter 2. Empathy: Finding Ourselves in Others; Chapter 3. Saving the World One Person at a Time: The Inclination to Engage; Chapter 4. Confirming Our Acceptability: The Impulse for Self-Monitoring; Chapter 5. Autism, the Williams Syndrome, and the Rhetoric of Sociality; Chapter 6. Finding a Way Through: The Films of James L. Brooks; Chapter 7. Lessons from the Political Stage: The Role of the Other in the Rhetorical and Hortatory Styles; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Perfect Response offers a framework for assessing the nature of fluency, and explaining the personal attributes that account for why some communicators excel more than most in connecting with others.