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Medhurst, Martin J. – Communication Education, 1987
Recognizes that ghostwriting has long been a subject of controversy within the speech communication field, especially the question of the "ethics" of ghostwriting. Examines ghostwriting as source, process, and relationship, and suggests five specific ways in which the study of ghostwritten texts can enrich rhetorical studies. (NKA)
Descriptors: Ethics, Persuasive Discourse, Presidents of the United States, Public Speaking
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Medhurst, Martin J. – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1988
Examines Monsignor John A. Ryan's advocacy on behalf of social reform between 1892 and 1945. Argues that Ryan took the roles of priest, prophet, and politician, and that each of these roles called forth its own distinctive form of argumentation on behalf of social change. (JK)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Debate, Discourse Analysis, Persuasive Discourse
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Medhurst, Martin J. – Communication Monographs, 1987
Examines speech delivered by President Eisenhower to General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1953. Demonstrates how a complex rhetorical situation resulted in the crafting and exploitation of a public policy address. Speech bolstered international image of the United States as peacemaker, warned the Soviets against a preemptive nuclear…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Nuclear Warfare, Persuasive Discourse