Public Address and the Revival of American Civic Culture

The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 422-447

  Hogan, J Michael ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Voices An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Oratory, Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman; Civic discourse and challenges of ordinary democracy; Principled leadership, giving way to appeals shaped by polling and focus groups; Public address and revival of American civic culture; Public Speaking and Civic Engagement incorporating themes of civic engagement "into very core" of text; Public speaking, debate, and ethics of democratic deliberation; Recovering spirit and traditions of American public address promoting revival of robust and productive public deliberation in America; Rhetorical criticism, public scholarship, and scholarship of teaching; Rhetorical tradition and art of democratic deliberation; United States, nation of spectators rather than participants in civic life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956391741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324105.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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