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Download full textKrawrungruang, Kunyaluck; Yaoharee, Ornkanya – rEFLections, 2018
This study aims to investigate the use of personal pronouns in political speeches made by Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential Election Debates. The focus is on uses of the first personal pronouns 'we' and 'I' as strategies to express persuasive messages and political ideologies especially the inclusion and exclusion of the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Form Classes (Languages), Political Attitudes, Speeches
Direct linkClabough, Jeremiah – Social Studies, 2018
While historical thinking has a rich literature, civic thinking has been an underdeveloped area of research in social studies education. I discuss in this article three activities designed to strengthen students' civic thinking skills by examining the "political death and resurrection" of Richard Nixon in the 1960s. These three…
Descriptors: Presidents, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Political Candidates
Ira Allen, Editor; Elizabeth A. Flynn, Editor – College Composition and Communication, 2016
This symposium, "Barack Obama's Significance for Rhetoric and Composition," aims to provoke and renew disciplinary conversations about the meaning of an age now nearly past, as well as to pose questions that resonate for presidential rhetoric generally. It includes: (1) "Obama's Rhetoric: Black Talk Flow, White Folk Fluent"…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Rhetoric, Political Candidates, Elections
Rosenbaum, David L. – Social Education, 2010
On the morning of September 1, 1960, Herb Klein and Pierre Salinger met in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., to discuss the details of what would be the first televised presidential debate. Klein was press secretary for Republican candidate Vice President Richard Nixon and Salinger was press secretary for Democratic candidate Senator John…
Descriptors: Legislators, Political Campaigns, Television, Debate
Swigger, Nathaniel – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As television ads have become the primary tool of communication in American campaigns, research on campaign effects has focused more and more attention on how these ads influence the electorate. Little attention has been paid, however, to the visual content of these ads. Despite a format that delivers an enormous quantity of visual information,…
Descriptors: Political Candidates, Inferences, Voting, Political Campaigns
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2008
The campaigns of Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama engaged in a sharp and testy exchange on education last week, making the topic the center of debate for the first time since the long race for the presidency began. Neither candidate changed course on the policies he is promising to pursue. However, Obama sought to distinguish himself…
Descriptors: Advertising, Persuasive Discourse, Debate, Political Attitudes
