Rhetorical Public Speaking: Social Influence in the Digital Age

The fifth edition of this text empowers students to act as engaged citizens by teaching them the skills of oratory and social influencing necessary to make a difference in a dynamic world.

Placing classical virtues in conversation with contemporary techniques, it presents a rhetorical emphasis on ethos, pathos, and logos as distinct forms of proof and enriches these concepts with contemporary rhetorical theory. This edition includes an updated chapter that examines film theory to define the ...