{"title":"Isocrates and Plato: Relativism vs. Idealism","authors":"Terry M. Perkins","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372621","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is a comparative analysis of the philosophical and rhetorical positions of Isocrates and Plato. Isocrates and his rhetoric have often been referred to, in the pejorative sense, as relativistic. Following the Sophistic tradition of his era, Isocrates does reject the possibility of discovering absolute principles of behavior upon which to conduct human affairs. However, his rhetoric is not opportunistic nor exploitative. Plato's commendation of Isocrates in the Phaedrus suggests that he saw some merit in the program established by Isocrates. Since Plato is a major source of criticism against Sophism and, by extension, Isocrates, a comparison between Isocrates’ relativism and Plato's idealism provides an illuminating insight into the merits of each.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132298533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship of argumentativeness to verbal aggression","authors":"D. Infante, J. Trebing, P. Shepherd, D. Seeds","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372622","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated: (1) whether high, moderate, and low argumentatives differ in how easily they are provoked by an obstinate opponent to select verbally aggressive messages; and, (2) whether the sexes differ in preference for verbal aggression. The results indicated that persons who scored high on a measure of argumentativeness were least provoked to prefer verbal aggression. This finding supports the view that verbal aggression is mainly a result of a lack of argumentative skill. The study also found that situational variables affect the difference between the sexes in verbal aggression. Thus, earlier observations of differences in verbal aggression between the sexes may be exaggerated.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133421638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of aesthetic and professionally‐related objects on credibility in the office setting","authors":"E. Miles, Dale G. Leathers","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372612","url":null,"abstract":"This study was designed to measure the impact of two kinds of microenvironmental variables, professionally‐related and aesthetic objects, on specific dimensions of credibility that define the image of the occupant of a faculty office. Presence of professionally‐related objects in the office enhanced both the occupant's perceived authoritativeness and trustworthiness, while presence of aesthetic objects enhanced perceptions of trustworthiness. Communicative implications of the findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116934979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and geography: Sex differences in spatial pattern preferences","authors":"R. J. Cline","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372613","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research on effects of gender on spatial pattern preferences failed to yield definitive conclusions. This study replicates and extends previous research on seating arrangements, while considering sex of respondent, sex of interaction partner, and perceived context. Data were gathered for 75 males and 100 females. Results indicated that males and females preferred different seating patterns when interacting with males in a task‐oriented setting, but similar patterns for male‐female interactions. Findings are discussed in terms of communication functions: defining intimacy, creating gender roles, and allocating status within relationships.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114085960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership Behavior and Sex Role Socialization: Two Sides of the Same Coin.","authors":"Denise M. Serafini, J. Pearson","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372614","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the relationship between leadership behavior and sex‐role socialization. Data were gathered from 208 non‐administrative supervisors and managers at a midwestern university. Psychological femininity is related to the consideration component of leadership behavior and psychological masculinity is related to the initiating structure dimension of leadership.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116080350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Origin of the “lost cause” argument: Analysis of civil war letters","authors":"Rebecca Drake Grade","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372616","url":null,"abstract":"Analysis of letters sent home by Confederate soldiers reveals three dominant rhetorical themes: Love of hone, region, and God. Similar visions were created in post‐Civil War southern oratory.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115020254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication ethics: The non‐participant's role","authors":"Kenneth E. Andersen","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372602","url":null,"abstract":"The discipline must address a variety of issues concerning the relationship of communication and ethics. The traditional perspective puts major responsibility for the ethical quality of the communication effort upon the source. However, receivers who may act upon the materials presented should wish to exercise a full responsibility. Unfortunately, people generally, as well as our discipline, have ignored the importance of responsibility by those not directly involved in a specific communication act. The central importance of the communication process makes such a stance unacceptable. All of us are ultimately affected by the nature of communication transactions in a family, group, or society, and so must accept responsibility for ensuring a desired ethical quality in all communication.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128098359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between androgyny and cognitive complexity: An exploratory investigation","authors":"Eva M. McMahan, D. Stacks","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372603","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored the relationship between psychological androgyny as measured by Bem's Sex Role Inventory and cognitive complexity, measured by Crockett's Role Category Questionnaire. It was expected that androgyny and high cognitive complexity would be correlated positively. A moderate correlation between androgyny and cognitive complexity was obtained. However, the result was interpreted as a function of the complexity measure. The unexpected result was that of the subjects who scored high in complexity, more were categorized as undifferentiated as contrasted with androgynous, masculine, or feminine. Suggestions, based on the results, are made for re‐examining psychological sex roles and cognitive complexity. Specifically, the researchers suggest that the undifferentiated individual be given serious attention and that qualitative indices of interpersonal construct systems be used to investigate further the connection between psychological androgyny and social cognition.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130529917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Weaver-Lariscy, B. Sweeney, Thomas M. Steinfatt
{"title":"Communication during assassination attempts: Diffusion of information in attacks on President Reagan and the Pope","authors":"R. Weaver-Lariscy, B. Sweeney, Thomas M. Steinfatt","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372605","url":null,"abstract":"Diffusion of news of attacks on President Reagan and the Pope were studied in three samples of telephone and face‐to‐face interviews. The first sample of 277 interviews was completed within hours of the Reagan shooting and the second sample of 77 interviews within hours of the attack on the Pope. The third set of 96 interviews was conducted 15 weeks after the second sample. The first two interview sets were designed to measure the diffusion process and to study reactions to the shootings. The third group was studied to determine the effects of delayed measurement of the diffusion of political assassinations on the validity of conclusions drawn by delayed measurement diffusion studies. Results were compared with results from earlier studies of political assassinations.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128399846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barbara Jordan's symbolic use of language in the keynote address to the national women's conference","authors":"Donald R. Martin, V. Martin","doi":"10.1080/10417948409372609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10417948409372609","url":null,"abstract":"Barbara Jordan's keynote address to the National Women's Conference provides a focus for this analysis of her symbolic use of language. Numerous qualities contribute to Jordan's effectiveness as a rhetor, however, four dimensions of effective political language, drawn primarily from the works of Murray Edelman, serve as interdependent considerations for this analysis. The four dimensions are: (1) How Jordan creates unifying images in her discourse; (2) How Jordan reasons with her audience; (3) How Jordan's discourse reinforces symbolic images for her audience; (4) How Jordan creates participatory roles for her listeners.","PeriodicalId":234061,"journal":{"name":"Southern Speech Communication Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134351122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}