LibGuides: CM 498: Communication Research: Rhetorical Criticism Research

Finding examples of rhetorical criticism

When searching for examples of rhetorical criticism, use the following strategies:

Add the keywords "rhetorical criticism" OR "rhetorical analysis" OR rhetor*
In addition, you can expand it to also include "textual analysis" AND/OR semiotics

To limit your results to analyses within the field of Communication:

Use Communication & Mass Media Complete (see link to right OR Library website > Databases list)
OneSearch > Advanced Search > check box next to Communication & Mass Media

Sample articles:

Campbell, K. K. (1998). THE DISCURSIVE PERFORMANCE OF FEMININITY: HATING HILLARY. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 1(1), 1-19.
Snee, Brian J. "Free Guns And Speech Control The Structural And Thematic Rhetoric Of Bowling For Columbine." Visual Communication: Perception, Rhetoric & Technology (2006): 193-208. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.

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