Persuasion in Your Life - Shawn T. Wahl, Christina T Adamou

Persuasion in Your Life

Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-205-74158-8 (ISBN)
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Relating Persuasion to Everyday Life

 

Persuasion in Your Life speaks directly to the student by focusing on actual life experiences–from critically viewing persuasive public campaigns to making business and health care decisions.  The book reflects a balance of theory and application and draws material from communication, psychology, and other disciplines.  By combining the rhetorical/critical and social scientist research on persuasion with applications to students’ everyday lives, the book helps readers understand, analyze, and use persuasion in their life and career.

 

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:



Apply persuasion to their everyday life
Critically analyze persuasive public campaigns and social media
Understand the importance of ethics in the use of persuasion

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Shawn T. Wahl, Missouri State University

In this Section:

1) Brief Table of Contents

2) Full Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1: Persuasion in Your Life

Chapter 2: Ethical Dimensions of Persuasion

Chapter 3: Theories of Persuasion

Chapter 4: Argumentation

Chapter 5: Visual Persuasion

Chapter 6: Persuasion and New Media

Chapter 7: Persuasive Public Campaigns

Chapter 8: Persuasion and Personal Relationships

Chapter 9: Persuasive Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication

Chapter 10: Persuasive Dimensions of Health Communication

Chapter 11: Persuasion in Business and Professional Contexts

Chapter 12: Persuasive Presentations

Chapter 13: Persuasive Humor

 



2) Full Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Persuasion In Your Life

Defining Persuasion

An Overview to Studying Persuasion In Your Life

Discussion Questions

Summary

 

Chapter 2: Ethical Dimensions of Persuasion

Defining Ethics

The Importance of Ethics

Ethical Considerations

Ethical Responsibility

Ethical Perspectives

Summary

 

Chapter 3: Theories of Persuasion

What is theory?

Early Theories 

Social Theories

Tension Reduction Theories

Summary

 

Chapter 4: Argumentation

Argumentation not Arguing

Locating Examples of Argumentation

Defining Argumentation

Warrants: The Heart of Argument

Summary

 

Chapter 5: Visual Persuasion

Visual Communication Defined

Visual Culture

Does the Visual Argue?

The Visual Narrative

Visual Persuasion in Advertising

Visual Campaigning

Summary

 

Chapter 6: Persuasion and New Media

Traditions of Technological Development

Social Networking

The Inherent Persuasiveness of Social Networking

Voyeurism and Surveillance

Business and Influence

Summary

 

Chapter 7: Persuasive Public Campaigns

Foundation of Persuasive Public Campaigns

Advertising as Persuasion

The Advertising Process

Types of Advertising

Public Relations as Persuasion

The Public Relations Process

Types of Public Relations

Crisis Management

New Media and Persuasive Public Campaigns

Summary

 

Chapter 8: Persuasion and Personal Relationships

Power Defined

Six Principles of Power

Influence Goals in Interpersonal Relationships

Verbal Power Plays

Nonverbal Behaviors that Increase Power

Persuasion and Power Across Interpersonal Relationships

Summary

 

Chapter 9: Persuasive Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication

Nonverbal Communication as Persuasion
Environment
Proxemics
Kinesics
Touch
Physical Appearance
Face and Eyes
Summary

 

Chapter 10: Persuasive Dimensions of Health Communication

Defining Health and Health Communication

Interpersonal Issues of Health

Mediated Persuasion in Health Messages and Campaigns

Summary

 

Chapter 11: Persuasion in Business and Professional Contexts

Persuasion in Business and Professional Contexts

Using Persuasion to Get the Job

Persuasion On the Job

Summary

 

Chapter 12: Persuasive Presentations

Persuasive Presentations In Your Life

Determining Your Persuasive Purpose

Consider the Audience

Organizing Your Persuasive Presentation

Types of Arguments

Standards for Argument and their Fallacies

Summary

 

Chapter 13: Persuasive Humor

What is Humor?

Three Theories of Humor

Persuasive Effects of Humor

Persuasive Uses of Humor

The Limits of Humor in Persuasion

Summary

 

 

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.10.2012
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 231 x 187 mm
Gewicht 630 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 0-205-74158-4 / 0205741584
ISBN-13 978-0-205-74158-8 / 9780205741588
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