The changing conversation in America : lectures from the Smithsonian

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The changing conversation in America : lectures from the Smithsonian

William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson, editors

Sage Publications, c2002

  • : hard
  • : pbk.

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Papers based on lectures delivered as part of a lecture series titled Conversation in America, and presented at the Smithsonian Institution

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

  • Conversation in America : changing rules, hidden dimensions / William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson
  • Toward a national conversation about public issues / W. Barnett Pearce
  • The Declaration of Independence in the rhetoric of American politics / Stephen E. Lucas
  • Some distinctive features of American conversation / Donal Carbaugh
  • Language and agency in the transformation of American identity / Molefi Kete Asante
  • New communication technology and the changing nature of conversation / Everett M. Rogers and William B. Hart
  • Political conversation : a distortion / Roderick P. Hart, Jr.
  • Changing relationships, changing conversations / Julia T. Wood

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Based on a series of public lecturers sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates and the National Communication Association, this book provides insight into concerns that conversation is changing in negative ways in the United States, both on an interpersonal level and on a national level.

Table of Contents

Conversation in America - William F Eadie and Paul E Nelson Changing Rules, Hidden Dimesions Toward a National Conversation about Public Issues - W Barnett Pearce The Declaration of Independence in the Rhetoric of American Politics - Stephen E Lucas Some Distinctive Features of American Conversation - Donal Carbaugh Language and Agency in the Transformation of American Identity - Molefi Kete Asante New Communication Technology and the Changing Nature of Conversation - Everett M Rogers and William B Hart Political Conversation - Roderick P Hart Jr A Distortion Changing Relationships, Changing Conversations - Julia T Wood

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