Tag Archives: interaction
Buyer Beware, Rhetor Beware
My mobile phone service provider Ting tweeted about an endorsement they received on reddit recently. Commericial rhetoric often serves as classroom fodder for analysis of manipulative persuasive techniques, but the reddit discussion demonstrates some different problems that arise in a context … Continue reading
Posted in Interaction, Online Discourse, Teaching
Tagged advertising, argumentation, interaction, rhetorical analysis, teaching
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Begging Off The Question By Changing It
It seems at times that people will do anything they can to avoid engaging in an extended back-and-forth conversation. Obviously we all would like to frame our positions in the most favorable light, but when we go beyond framing to … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Rhetoric, Interaction, Uncategorized
Tagged civic rhetoric, interaction, manipulation, Paul Ryan, politics
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