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Communicating Terror: The Rhetorical Dimensions of Terrorism

Communicating Terror: The Rhetorical Dimensions of Terrorism

Tuman, Joseph S.

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral SociologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1412973244
ISBN13: 9781412973243
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: Oct 1 2009
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.94 Depth: 8.92
Language: English

The only book to examine terrorism as a rhetorical act

This is an excellent text in furthering our understanding of the web of language and how it creates our mediated realities - which reflect our culture, politics, religion, economics, etc. Students really like the case studies and how it complements the theory and practice of rhetoric. I think this book has applications for almost any course in communication.
--J. Gregory Payne, Emerson College


Concise, succinct, and provocative, Communicating Terror, Second Edition explores multiple rhetorical dimensions of terrorism, connects terrorism to communication theories, and helps readers understand how this violence creates a public discourse for multiple target audiences.

Author Joseph S. Tuman uses fascinating case studies and examples as he explores both dissent terrorism and state terror and looks at terrorism from a communicative perspective. Presenting terrorism as a process of communication between terrorists and multiple audiences, this book examines a range of rhetorical components, including definitions and labels, symbolism in terrorism, the relationship between terror and the media, and public oratory about terrorism--by both victims of terrorism and terrorists themselves.

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