As the word turns
Drama, rhetoric, and press coverage of the Hill‐Thomas hearings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7971343 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisbeth Lipari (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 299-308 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584609.1994.9963034 |
| OpenAlex | W1975711057 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
Because of the unique character of the Hill‐Thomas hearings, journalists were left without a stock political plot to render the proceedings in familiar terms. Using narrative and rhetorical analyses, the study examines how newspaper journalists turned to so‐called women's entertainment genres such as soap opera and melodrama to dramatize and ultimately depoliticize the hearings. The study identifies four recurring rhetorical themes—melodrama, eroticization, agon, and privatization—that served to frame Hill's allegations of sexual harassment against Thomas not in terms of social and political debate but in terms of drama
Art · Drama · Entertainment · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Newspaper · Opera · Plot (graphics · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · American History and Culture · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |