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Public Discourse.
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Goodnight, G. Thomas – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1987
Examines how public discourse engages and redirects the constitutive powers of human communication. (JK)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Debate, Journalism, Persuasive Discourse
The Strange Discourse of "The X-Files": What It Is, What It Does, and What Is at Stake.
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Bellon, Joe – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1999
Gives a thorough rhetorical investigation of "The X-Files" beginning with an exploration of the show's antecedent genre. Links the show to the genre of ontological detective stories, not science fiction. Describes the way in which the show simultaneously deconstructs and reconstructs authority. Creates a new story using science,…
Descriptors: Commercial Television, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Mass Media Effects
The Cable Fable Revisited: Discourse, Policy, and the Making of Cable Television.
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Streeter, Thomas – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1987
Discusses how utopian talk about cable television as a dramatic new technology swept through the policy arena in the 1970s. Analyzes this talk as a discursive practice to demonstrate both the value of discourse analysis and some contradictions of the policy process. Shows how discourse thus helped shape an institution that it failed to describe.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Discourse Analysis, Policy Formation, Rhetorical Criticism
Rhetorical Public Communication.
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Bitzer, Lloyd F. – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1987
Discusses the tradition of rhetorical theory and scholarship to sketch the chief characteristics of public communication. Suggests some implications for the study and criticism of contemporary media discourses of a rhetorical nature. (JK)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Debate, Journalism, Media Research