Our own worst enemy as protector of ourselves : stereotypes, schemas, and typifications as integral elements in the persuasive process /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renz, Byron B. (Byron Ben), 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2010]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the function of persuasion in propaganda
  • Media, fear, and the consolidation of state power
  • The enthymeme as a persuasive device in terrorists' media messages
  • Social construction of media-generated terrorist images
  • Media imagery : generator of oppositional schemas that fuel world conflict
  • From the seed to the tree and back again : definition of linguistic purpose
  • Propoganda : from theory to practice.