Gerard A. Hauser, "Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres "
English | ISBN: 1643362852 | 2022 | 362 pages | PDF | 75 MB
English | ISBN: 1643362852 | 2022 | 362 pages | PDF | 75 MB
An award-winning study of how formal and informal public discourse shapes opinions
A foundational text of twenty-first-century rhetorical studies, Vernacular Voices addresses the role of citizen voices in steering a democracy through an examination of the rhetoric of publics. Gerard A. Hauser maintains that the interaction between everyday and official discourse discloses how active members of a complex society discover and clarify their shared interests and engage in exchanges that shape their opinions on issues of common interest.
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