Title: Communication criticism : developing your critical powers /
Authors: Cohen, Jodi R.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Communication criticism.
Abstract: Communication Criticism is an informally written, practical guide about how to think, how to communicate, and how to filter meaning out of the swarm of communication that seeks our attention daily. Undergraduates will learn how understanding the fundamental principles of communication helps them to judge the potential effectiveness, effects, truths, and ethics of all types of communication from classical "soapbox speeches" to reading a magazine, talking to a boy/girlfriend, watching court proceedings, or the TV news. In a format similar to most public speaking courses, author Jodi R.
Contents: The need to think critically about communication -- How to think critically about communication -- Language as style -- Language as sign systems -- Language as metaphor -- Structure as organization -- Structure as editing images -- Structure as narrative -- Structure as drama -- Reasoning as rhetorical argument -- Reasoning as field dependent-argument -- Reasoning as narrative -- Character as ethos.