Entertaining Fear - Rhetoric and the Political Economy of Social Control (Hardcover, New edition)

Throughout the political spectrum, successful arguments often rely on fear appeals, whether implicit or explicit. Dominant arguments prey on people's fears - of economic failure, cultural backwardness, or lack of personal safety. Counterarguments feed on other fears, suggesting that audiences are being duped by emotional smokescreens. With chapters on the political, institutional, and cultural manifestations of fear, this book offers diverse investigations into how insecurity and the search for certainty shape contemporary political economic decisions, and explores how the rhetorical manipulation of such fears illuminates a larger struggle for social control.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Frontiers in Political Communication, 18
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	2010
Editors:	Danika M Brown • M. J Braun • Catherine Chaput
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0586-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > Journalistic style guides Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Speaking / pronunciation skills > Public speaking / elocution
LSN:	1-4331-0586-1
Barcode:	9781433105869

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