Persuasion in Your Life

3. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-48898-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 868 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wahl, Shawn T.

Morris, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Verhandlungen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Kundenbeziehungsmanagement, Kundenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Persuasion in your Life 2. Ethical Dimensions of Persuasion 3. Theories of Persuasion 4. Argumentation 5. Visual Persuasion 6. Persuasion and New Media 7. Persuasive Public Campaigns 8. Persuasion and Personal Relationships 9. Persuasive Dimensions of Nonverbal Communications 10. Persuasive Dimensions of Health Communication 11. Persuasion in Business and Professional contexts 12. Persuasive Presentations 13. Persuasive Humor 14. Appraisal of Persuasive Messages

Über Autor(innen)

Shawn T. Wahl is Professor of Communication and Dean of the Reynolds College of Arts and Letters at Missouri State University (MSU). In addition, Shawn has worked across the nation as a corporate trainer, communication consultant, and leadership coach in a variety of industries.

Eric Morris is Associate Professor of Communication at Missouri State University (MSU) and the Director of Forensics for MSU’s Holt V. Spicer Debate Forum. Eric is the Executive Secretary for the American Forensic Association (AFA), and previously he served as President for the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) and as the Chair for the 3rd District of the National Debate Tournament (NDT). He was the 2008 NDT Coach of the Year.