Crowdsourcing the Law engages in-depth qualitative analysis of online discussions of contemporary sexual assault cases to explore how law is interpreted and applied by everyday participants on social media.
Now updated with new chapters on culture and populism, this book argues that we are witnessing the formation of a global melange culture through processes of cultural mixing. Its historically deep and geographically wide approach to globalization is essential reading as we face the increasing spread of conflicts bred by cultural misunderstanding.
Communication Centers: A Theory-Based Guide to Training and Management addresses what communication centers are and why they are valuable, examines their rich rhetorical roots, and offers advice to faculty who are asked to develop a communication center. Directors of established centers and peer tutors will also find valuable information.
This book seeks to bring the problem of difference into the ongoing discussions vis-a-vis democratic deliberations about advancing rhetorical theory through the trope of the other, alloiosis, defined as the figure of difference, exception, and radical otherness.
Critical theory, computational science, and a new path of humanistic inquiry
Can established humanities methods coexist with computational thinking? It is one of the major questions in humanities research today, as scholars increasingly adopt sophisticated data science for their ......
This book explores the development of presidential speechwriting from the administration of Franklin Roosevelt to the present. It argues that the institutionalization of speechwriting that has been blamed for bland presidential rhetoric has actually served the president well by helping presidents avoid the adverse effect of poorly chosen words.
The Oral Presidency of Barack Obama is an examination of Barack Obama's signature weapon of his presidency: his speeches. This book provides the social and cultural context that made the content of his speeches timeless.
This first-year French textbook program allows students to examine, compare, and contrast authentic discourse to discover individual and shared language use and cultural perspectives. Students also acquire the sounds and rhythmic patterns necessary to develop pronunciation and conversational fluency, as well as listening comprehension skills.
Panorama moves intermediate-level students of Russian toward advanced proficiency by engaging them in a systematic and comprehensive approach to Russian grammar and engaging them with texts from a variety of genres, including proverbs and sayings, to immerse students in Russian culture.
