Title: Our own worst enemy as protector of ourselves : stereotypes, schemas, and typifications as integral elements in the persuasive process /
Authors: Renz, Byron B. 1935-
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Persuasion (Rhetoric); Mass media and propaganda.
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.