Introduction to the course; Rhetoric and American Politics
5 important questions on Introduction to the course; Rhetoric and American Politics
Reasons why we yell at our television
- Television is suited to entertainment and disengagement.
- Politics and the resultant government require something else.
To what did a shift from a logocentric apporeach to a political debate lead?
Why did Obama got a great deal of attention?
- A change in the nature of the electorate.
- unique use of internet and technology for getting out the vote.
- The voters were tired of the incumbent party.
- He appealed to voters by applying the tactics of the 19th century political rhetoricians.
- He took advantage of the alienation that the televised spot-advertisement campaigns were causing.
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What is the result of Obama taking a rhetorical stance in order to win an election in which his policy positions might not have been to his advantage?
- It created an unrealistically high expectations about what Obama could achieve and what the contours of his presidency would be.
- It obscured the degree to which Obama had a true mandate to make policy in the fashion he intended.
What are the three most important lessons of this lecture?
- It can be argued that disillusionment with Obama has led to a reaction against his policies.
- Perhaps we have crossed an event horizon. In an image-based culture, only entertainment can prevail.
- If you do not “make for good viewing,” you cannot win and you cannot govern.
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