Rhetoric That Shifts Votes: An Exploratory Study of Persuasion in Issue-Oriented Public Debates

Political Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-299

  Jorgensen, Charlotte ^a   Kock, Christian ^a   Rorbech, Lone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audience Response Debate Format Demographic Features Effect Studies Hostility Nonverbal Features Persuasion Political Argumentation Rhetorical Strategy Televised Debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144445589     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846098198902     Document Type: Article

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