Persuasion in Your Life
eBook - ePub

Persuasion in Your Life

  1. 346 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Persuasion in Your Life

About this book

This accessible introductory textbook in persuasive communication speaks directly to the student by focusing on real-life experiences in personal, social, and professional contexts.

Through its use of rhetoric, criticism, and social scientific research, this book helps readers understand, analyze, and use persuasion in their lives and careers. It explores techniques of verbal and visual persuasion for use in business and professional communication, health communication, and everyday life, as well as expanded coverage of persuasion in social movements and social advocacy. It also pays attention throughout to ethical considerations and to the significance of new media.

This textbook is a student-friendly introduction suitable for use in undergraduate courses in persuasion, health communication, and business communication.

The companion website includes an instructor's manual with test questions, sample assignments, web links, and other resources, as well as PowerPoint slides. Visit www.routledge.com/wahl

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781000442373
Edition
3

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1: Persuasion in Your Life
  9. Chapter 2: Ethical Dimensions of Persuasion
  10. Chapter 3: Theories of Persuasion
  11. Chapter 4: Argumentation
  12. Chapter 5: Visual Persuasion
  13. Chapter 6: Persuasion and New Media
  14. Chapter 7: Persuasive Public Campaigns
  15. Chapter 8: Persuasion and Personal Relationships
  16. Chapter 9: Persuasive Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication
  17. Chapter 10: Persuasive Dimensions of Health Communication
  18. Chapter 11: Persuasion in Business and Professional Contexts
  19. Chapter 12: Persuasive Presentations
  20. Chapter 13: Persuasive Humor
  21. Chapter 14: Appraisal of Persuasive Messages
  22. Index