The contributions of speech communication scholarship to the study of terrorism

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ID12409680
AuthorsRalph E Dowling (Ball State University, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume6
Issue4
Pages289-309
Publication date1989-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10584609.1989.9962880
OpenAlexW2050586584
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

The existing research into terrorism, though tentative and exploratory in many ways, shows great promise. However, despite widespread recognition of its communicative dimensions, few studies have been done from within the discipline of speech communication. This essay defines the discipline of speech communication and rhetorical studies, reviews the few existing rhetorical studies of terrorism, and goes on to show the ways in which a rhetorical perspective would alter and improve research done from other perspectives. The paper concludes that the rhetorical perspective has much to offer the future interdisciplinary study of terrorist phenomena

Epistemology · Exploratory research · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Rhetorical question · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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