5th Edition

Rhetorical Public Speaking Social Influence in the Digital Age

By Nathan Crick Copyright 2027
212 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The fifth edition of this text empowers students to act as engaged citizens by teaching them the skills of oratory and social influencing necessary to make a difference in a dynamic world. Placing classical virtues in conversation with contemporary techniques, it presents a rhetorical emphasis on ethos, pathos, and logos as distinct forms of proof and enriches these concepts with contemporary... Read more

1. Rhetorical Public Speaking  

2. The Speech Genres  

3. Digital Social Influencing  

4. Memory and Delivery  

5. Chatbots  

6. Invention  

7. Arrangement  

8. Style  

9. Ethos  

10. Logos  

11. Pathos  

Biography

Nathan Crick is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University, USA. He is the author of The Rhetoric of Social Movements, The Routledge Handbook of Rhetoric and Power, and Propaganda: The Basics.