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Spectacles Of The People/ For The People: Constructing Legitimate Authoritative Arguments
Thu, November 12, 12:30 to 1:45pm, Palmer House Hilton, Floor: Third Floor, Salon 5Session Submission Type: Paper Session
Abstract
Some authorities try to be of the people, while others aim to be for the people. Both use level of spectacle- a sort of playfulness or a sense of high drama. These papers look at, or "specre", the shows of authority. Each of the agencies examined in these papers explore how to contruct authority in order to mainatin civility.
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Individual Presentations
William F. Buckley and Gladiatorial Argumentation - Michael Lee, College of Charleston
The Aggressiveness of Playful Arguments - Dale Hample, University of Maryland; Bing Han, University of South Carolina, Aiken; David Payne, University of Maryland
Rational Spectacle: Debating Global Warming in the Public Sphere on the Public Screen of An Inconvenient Truth - Lisa Slawter Volkening, University of Georgia
Institutional Agency and the Rhetorical Toggling of Social Position and Social Structure - Yuan Li, University of Southern California; Sandy Green, University of Southern California
The Effects of Topic Type and Personalization of Conflict on Assessments of Fallacies - Dale Hample, University of Maryland; Anita Sells, Western Illinois University; Ana Laura Inclan Velazquez, Western Illinois University
