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Communication
Undergraduate 2
11/08/2012

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The Rhetoric of Aristotle
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Aristotle
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Socrates taught...
Definition
Plato--Aristotle--Alexander the Great
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Socrates
Definition
first promoted rhetoric (public speaking persuasion)
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Plato
Definition
rejected the teaching of Socrates because of the sophists of his day-itinerant teachers and promoted dialectic
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Aristotle
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rejects Plato
restored rhetoric
believed rhetoric was neutral
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Who wrote Rhetoric?
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composition of students notes
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People prefer
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truth
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speakers who do not study rhetoric...
Definition
have only themselves to blame
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Aristotle looked at public speaking
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systematically
as a science
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systematic look at rhetoric
Definition
-the speaker
-the audience
-the content
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Civic Affairs
Definition
1. forensic speaking
2. deliberate speaking
3. epidectic speaking
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forensic speaking
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examines evidence for guilt or innocence
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deliberate speaking
Definition
policies
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epidectic speaking
Definition
considers praise and blame
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Dialectic:
Definition
-Plato
-conversation
-searches for truth
-general philosophical questions
-certainty
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Rhetoric
Definition
-Aristotle
-one person addressing many
-public speaking
-demonstrates existing truth
-specific practical questions
-probability
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rhetorical proofs
Definition
logos
ethos
pathos
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logos
Definition
(logical)
argument
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ethos
Definition
(ethical)
character
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pathos
Definition
emotions
drawn from audience
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LOGOS: ...enthymeme
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-more persuasive and more artistic than example
-takes out one part of logic hoping the audience will fill it in
-incomplete syllogism
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LOGOS (syllogism:)
Definition
major premise (all men are mortal)
minor premise (socrates is a man)
conclusion (socrates is mortal)
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ETHOS
Definition
Credibility/Believability
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ETHOS: Aristotle
Definition
intelligence
character
goodwill
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ETHOS: Modern Research
Definition
competence
trustworthiness
dynamism
-audience bringing emotion out-
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5 canons of rhetoric
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1. the invention of process (audience analysis)
2. Arrangement (organization of speech)
3. Style (language usage, word choices)
4. memory
5. Delivery
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Narrative Paradigm: Person...
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Walter Fisher
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narrative:
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story
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people make decisions based on
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good reasons
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rational world paradigm:
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law: logic
science
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narrative world paradigm
Definition
stories
the story hangs together
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narrative coherence:
Definition
how well the story hangs together
(makes sense)
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narrative fidelity
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faithfulness of a story as it relates to your life
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media = mediums
Definition
-radio
-magazines
-internet
-movies
-TV
-newspapers
-ipod
Term
treat media as
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PLURAL (they)
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mainstream:
Definition
ABC.NBC.NY Times (etc.)
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positives
Definition
its easier to stay in touch
soldiers: stay in touch
Bible: more accessible
online banking
family updates
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negatives
Definition
security concerns
no privacy
spread of cults
self absorption
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Theory
Definition
A theory is a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure devised to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena.
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Uses and Gratifications
Definition
why do people use the mediums they do & what do they get out of them
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Ted Bundy:
Definition
serial killer
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powerful effect:
Definition
porn CAUSED
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limited effect:
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porn= INFLUENCE/look at other causes
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Uses and Gratifications (view on Ted Bundy)
Definition
What did Ted Bundy get out of porn
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Uses and Gratifications 8 things...
Definition
-companionship: using medium w/ other people
-escape
-pure enjoyment
-social interaction
-relaxation
-information
-excitement
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2 step flow of info
Definition
media sources->opinion leaders->consumers
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Technological Determinism (also known as)
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Media Ecology
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Media Ecology (person)
Definition
Marshal McLuhan
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Marshal McLuhan:
Definition
-Canadian
-college professor
-media guru
-died before the internet age
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Marshal McLuhan: quote...
Definition
"We shape our tools, and they in turn shape us"
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Media Ecology (McLuhan)
Definition
-the medium is the message
-the way we receive a message influences our experience and interpretations
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Theres a difference btwn listening to someone in person
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and watching and listening thru a medium
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Media Ecology ideas are
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interpretive NOT scientific
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4 epochs in human history:
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-Tribal
-Literacy
-print
-electronic
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Tribal epoch:
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-most important part of the body: EAR
-listening to stories was very important
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Literacy epoch:
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-went from listening to stories to reading them
-EYE became most important
-people become more private/individual/detached
-linear thinking (people thought more in lines)
-logic, history, math, science
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Print epoch:
Definition
-prototype of the industrial revolution
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electronic epoch:
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began with telegraph ->radio -> TV
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"global village"
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connection of people thru technology
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The media tended to be...
Definition
either hot or cold (more mentally engaging)
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Hot:
Definition
-involved only one sense
-don't intend to engage people
-RADIO
-films and movies
-print mediums: books, magazines, newspapers
-photographs
-syllogism
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Cold:
Definition
-involves more than one sense
-draw people in (involve them)
-discussion
-conversations
-Television
-cartoons
-internet
-cell phone
-seminar (talking 2 eachother)
-Aristotle emphymeme
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