An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope
The 2004 Convention Addresses of Barack Obama and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Babak Elahi, Grant Cos (Rochester Institute of Technology), Grant C Cos (Rochester Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 454-465 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764205279755 |
| OpenAlex | W1966265212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
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 these two speakers generated, they shared a common narrative thread in their two speeches. The difference between the speeches, the authors argue, lies in how the speakers enacted different elements of the moralistic and materialistic forms of the American dream. In accordance with Honig, the authors argue that Obama and Schwarzenegger functioned in this iconic way to reenchant, rescue, and reinvigorate each party's sense of purity, innocence, and goodness
Art · Democracy · Dream · Epistemology · Innocence · Legitimation · Literature · Materialism · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2017 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |