Grant Cos
Biographic Data
| ID | 145100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grant Cos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grant |
| FAMILY NAME | Cos |
| SIGNATURE | COS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fetterman and the Forgotten
This essay argues that Lt. Governor John Fetterman (D-PA), in running for the open US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, is attempting to appeal to disaffected Trump voters, showing what the "forgotten men and women" of Pennsylvania might stand to gain by embracing his progressive, Democratic populist appeal. This study examines Fetterman's announcement advertisement, "Launch," illustrating how he figuratively and literally enacts Burkean "consubstanti…
Persona and the Modern Republican
Ronald Reagan's iconic, 1984 advertisement, "Morning in America," has served as an ideological pole star for Republican identity for the past four decades. More recently, the political action committee, The Lincoln Project, a group of ex-Republicans, produced a number of ads highly critical of President Donald Trump's administration. One specific ad, "Mourning in America," uses the form of the original 1984 ad to communicate a set of radically di…
Consuming music in the digital age
Raphael Nowak's Consuming Music in the Digital Age is, at its heart, a scholarly examination of the quotidian use of and interaction with music in our contemporary times. It jumps off a broad based
The Rhetoric of the Hanging Chair
The empty chair used by actor-director Clint Eastwood during his headline-grabbing speech at the Republican National Convention is a particularly compelling example of a widely circulated image that resonated for the balance of the 2012 presidential campaign. Eastwood had criticized and mocked the empty chair as if the Democratic president were sitting in it. Following the convention, at least two incidents were reported where an empty chair was …
A Time for Change and a Candidate's Voice
The lens of presidential rhetorical studies provides a solid foundation for understanding Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric. This study analyzes Barack Obama's strategies to create a pragmatic moral voice for the presidency. The authors argue that Obama's inclusive rhetorical campaign incorporated a rhetorical pragmatism. Rhetorical pragmatism is understood as discourse that negotiates uncertainty, generates knowledge based on human interest, expr…
An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope
Smith and Nimmo assert that contemporary political conventions orchestrate an important legitimation ritual. Asignificant part of this ritual is composed of speechmaking. The 2004 Democratic and Republican conventions had a few notable speech moments. Specifically, the speeches by Illinois State Senator Barack Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger garnered attention for both them and their party leaders. Along with the excitement th…
A Time for Change and a Candidate's Voice
The lens of presidential rhetorical studies provides a solid foundation for understanding Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric. This study analyzes Barack Obama's strategies to create a pragmatic moral voice for the presidency. The authors argue that Obama's inclusive rhetorical campaign incorporated a rhetorical pragmatism. Rhetorical pragmatism is understood as discourse that negotiates uncertainty, generates knowledge based on human interest, expr…
An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope
Smith and Nimmo assert that contemporary political conventions orchestrate an important legitimation ritual. Asignificant part of this ritual is composed of speechmaking. The 2004 Democratic and Republican conventions had a few notable speech moments. Specifically, the speeches by Illinois State Senator Barack Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger garnered attention for both them and their party leaders. Along with the excitement th…
An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope
Smith and Nimmo assert that contemporary political conventions orchestrate an important legitimation ritual. Asignificant part of this ritual is composed of speechmaking. The 2004 Democratic and Republican conventions had a few notable speech moments. Specifically, the speeches by Illinois State Senator Barack Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger garnered attention for both them and their party leaders. Along with the excitement th…
A Time for Change and a Candidate's Voice
The lens of presidential rhetorical studies provides a solid foundation for understanding Barack Obama's campaign rhetoric. This study analyzes Barack Obama's strategies to create a pragmatic moral voice for the presidency. The authors argue that Obama's inclusive rhetorical campaign incorporated a rhetorical pragmatism. Rhetorical pragmatism is understood as discourse that negotiates uncertainty, generates knowledge based on human interest, expr…
The Rhetoric of the Hanging Chair
The empty chair used by actor-director Clint Eastwood during his headline-grabbing speech at the Republican National Convention is a particularly compelling example of a widely circulated image that resonated for the balance of the 2012 presidential campaign. Eastwood had criticized and mocked the empty chair as if the Democratic president were sitting in it. Following the convention, at least two incidents were reported where an empty chair was …
Consuming music in the digital age
Raphael Nowak's Consuming Music in the Digital Age is, at its heart, a scholarly examination of the quotidian use of and interaction with music in our contemporary times. It jumps off a broad based
Persona and the Modern Republican
Ronald Reagan's iconic, 1984 advertisement, "Morning in America," has served as an ideological pole star for Republican identity for the past four decades. More recently, the political action committee, The Lincoln Project, a group of ex-Republicans, produced a number of ads highly critical of President Donald Trump's administration. One specific ad, "Mourning in America," uses the form of the original 1984 ad to communicate a set of radically di…
Fetterman and the Forgotten
This essay argues that Lt. Governor John Fetterman (D-PA), in running for the open US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, is attempting to appeal to disaffected Trump voters, showing what the "forgotten men and women" of Pennsylvania might stand to gain by embracing his progressive, Democratic populist appeal. This study examines Fetterman's announcement advertisement, "Launch," illustrating how he figuratively and literally enacts Burkean "consubstanti…
Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Democracy (3 works)