Explores the concept and uses of analogy from the rhetorical perspective, determining rhetorical functions which the analogy may serve and the adequacy with which those functions are performed. (JMF)

Evaluates the 1976 presidential debates as an innovation in political communication formats that might overcome existing gaps in electoral participation between the more and less active sectors of society. Examines the equivalence of effects of debate-watching and related behaviors for different levels of age, education, and politial interest.…

Teachers should assign the classics, include ethnic literature in the curriculum, use peer tutors, and teach argumentative and persuasive writing in order to help students to think logically, communicate effectively, and become responsible citizens. (DD)

Approaches film criticism using classical and modern rhetorical concepts. Discusses the nature and effectiveness of the filmmaker's modes of appeal--to logos, pathos, and ethos, and the appropriateness of his/her rhetorical stance--the balance of attitudes toward subject, audience, and his/her creative self. (JMF)

Theories of anticipatory belief change were examined as a function of whether subjects were reminded that their preexperimental attitudes were known, the source of the expected persuasive communication (expert vs peer), and whether instructions were given on the experimenter's concern with opinion change. All three variables interacted.…

Reports a study of varied threats to attitudinal freedom and initial receiver attitude at four discrepancy intervals. Discusses the significance of the findings for the importance of the freedom to agree or disagree with a persuasive communication. (JMF)

Study delineates the five most frequently utilized strategies of relational conflict resolution: manipulation, nonnegotiation, emotional appeal, personal rejection, and empathic understanding. (PD)

Reports on an experiment in which three groups of adolescents discussed the status of women. The discussions were recorded for the purpose of using the recordings as pedagogical tools in French instruction. (AM)

Describes using job application forms, letters, and resumes as an exercise in an argumentation class. (TJ)

The egocentrist argument does not show that public morality is impossible: it concludes that "no morality at all" is possible. We cannot teach in moral education anything that isn't possible because it doesn't exist. (Author)

Proposes a narrow and more manageable definition of creativity in order to consider the question of whether and how children's art-making may be said to be creative. (Author/RK)

Explains R. W. Beardsmore's account of the nature of morality and moral behavior and examines the implications that it has for moral education at all levels. (Author/RK)

Argues that the Marxist bias of a major Open University course constitutes a disservice to its students. (Editor)

Traces the history of consumerism, advertising, and their impact on women from 1890 to 1920. (DD)

Investigates how opposing parties advanced arguments to the scientific community about the validity of DRD2 A1 allele as a gene causing alcoholism. Demonstrates to what extent scientists debate each other in journals by advancing opposing viewpoints with rigor and insight. Reveals what it means when scientists label a discovery in terms of finding…