Media argumentation: dialectic, persuasion, and rhetoric
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Cambridge ; New York
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Cambridge University Press
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 361-372( and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Douglas Walton
CONTENTS NOTE
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Logic, dialectic, and rhetoric -- The speech act of persuasion -- Propaganda -- Appeals to fear and pity -- Ad hominem arguments in political discourse -- Arguments based on popular opinion -- Fallacies and bias in public opinion polling -- Persuasive definitions and public policy -- Arguments -- The structure of media argumentation