The dynamic spectacle
Transforming experience into social forms of community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9238228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David E Procter (Kansas State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 117-133 |
| Publication date | 1990-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335639009383909 |
| OpenAlex | W1973394889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 16 |
Inherent in the rhetorical tradition of symbolic form is the search for the rhetorical processes which convert experience into the social forms of community. Fusing Robert Scott's notion of rhetoric as dynamic with the rhetorical concept of “spectacle,” this essay explores “the dynamic spectacle” as a rhetorical document of community building. Black America's struggle for identity in White America is offered as a case study
Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Rhetoric · Rhetorical device · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Spectacle · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Of Thee I Sing
Convincing the Public to Kill
Scapegoat Ecology
Maximized Sporting Events for Maximized Communicative Impact
A Bit Much
Community” contested, imagined, and performed
We gotta make up our minds”
Defining the scientific community
Presidential spectacles
A window of opportunity argument
Twitter, incivility, and presidential communication
Schismogenesis and community
Exclusionary Epideictic
American myth, American reality
Constructing the political spectacle
Communication and Social Order
Media rhetoric as social drama
The origins of “liberty”
Democracy and civil rights
Debunking the resignation of earl Butz
Rhetorical criticism as moral action
Narration as a human communication paradigm
"The "ideograph
Constitutive rhetoric
Fantasy and rhetorical vision
Critical rhetoric
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2023 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |