{"title":"Can high school competitive debating facilitate political participation? The role of political knowledge and identification with a politically active group","authors":"Eta Krpanec, Aleksandra Huić","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2023.2294223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2023.2294223","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"71 s301","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138995328","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":"Nonverbal communication as argumentation: the case of political television debates","authors":"Jens E. Kjeldsen, Marie Gelang","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2023.2294236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2023.2294236","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"101 s1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138998644","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 unnerved and unhoused: a rhetorical analysis of save Austin now’s campaign to disband unhoused individuals from Austin, Texas","authors":"Mary Helen Clark","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2023.2275876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2023.2275876","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"50 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138587988","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":"“Where were you shot?”: analyzing location rhetoric as strategic maneuvering in contemporary gun-control discourse","authors":"Christopher M. Duerringer","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2023.2275903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2023.2275903","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis essay analyzes contemporary American gun rhetoric with particular attention to location. Funded by a pragma-dialectic perspective, I examine conservative and progressive attempts to situate the national discussion about firearms and gun control legislation in urban locations (especially Chicago) and in suburbs (especially schoolhouses), respectively. I demonstrate that these location rhetorics function as strategic maneuvering, enabling both sets of discussants to move the conversation to issue sets that favor them and make their policy preferences seem more reasonable, even as they often prevent the public from responding to the bulk of actual gun violence. To begin, I develop a perspective on public argument based on pragma-dialectic argumentation theory. Next, I attend to conservative rhetoric that publicizes gun violence in large urban population centers, especially Chicago. Then, I turn to liberal gun rhetoric that centers attention on leafy suburbs where mass shootings often occur. In the final portion of this paper, I argue that both strategies disadvantage the public and forestall meaningful improvement on this important issue.Keywords: Strategic maneuveringgun controlgun rightspragma-dialecticsmass shootings Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 This is not an errant suggestion, by the way. Conservative politicians frequently refer to the federal deficit or the national debt as justification for eviscerating programs that serve the public. However, there is substantial evidence from Keynesian and post-Keynesian economists (see Galbraith Citation2010; Kelton Citation2020; Vickrey Citation1998; Wray et al. Citation2023) to suggest that the assumption that deficits or debts are bad is unfounded. When progressives entertain discussions about how they will “pay for” a proposed policy, they unnecessarily begin the discussion at a massive disadvantage.2 Conservatives argue that the Left’s failure to attend to so-called “Black-on-Black” crime is evidence of the Democratic party’s racist neglect of Black people and their concerns. And there is no shortage of examples of the Democratic party failing to live up to its promises to Black people. However, one ought to note that, because of the de facto segregation that characterizes much of the United States, most crime experienced by White folks is “White on White” crime as well. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (Citation2020) found that in 2019 (the last year for which data is available) 78.6% of all White homicide victims were killed by other White people. Moreover, 88% of all male homicide victims were murdered by other men. But such recognition does not serve racist ends and, therefore, finds little purchase in conservative politics. Nobody seems to be clamoring for increased policing in heavily White neighborhoods or in places where men tend to congregate.3 Although mass shootings have been recorded in the United States for mor","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"32 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135820379","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":"Effective argumentation for action in health policy: a case study of the UK’s review on antimicrobial resistance","authors":"Chris Ackerley","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2023.2275845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2023.2275845","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis article is a rhetorical analysis of an influential report on antimicrobial resistance in the context of national and global health policymaking. Through a textual-intertextual analysis, it examines how the report’s argumentation structure, grammatical moods, and use of strategic ambiguity direct multiple audiences to debate policy action, without becoming mired in manufactured scientific controversy about the existence or extent of the problem. The report successfully deploys a “beachhead” argumentation strategy by moving swiftly past arguments of scientific fact, definition, and quality, to focus public debate more effectively on matters of procedure. This analysis reveals promising strategies for future reports arguing on behalf of scientific consensus and seeking to stimulate policy action.Keywords: Rhetoric of scienceantimicrobial resistancepublic controversystasis theoryscience communication Disclosure statementThe author reports there are no competing interests to declare.Additional informationFundingFulbright Canada| Recipient: Christine Ackerley; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | Recipient: Christine Ackerley.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"20 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135272250","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 distilled enthymeme and visual argument: ideological interpretations after digital editing","authors":"Rebecca J. Oliver","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2023.2250100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2023.2250100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89195973","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":"Dialectics, post-dialectics, and the democratic argument of Lysias XII","authors":"Adam Cody","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2022.2157974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2022.2157974","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"252 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75806553","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":"Revisiting twentieth-century argumentation through debate: The University of Puerto Rico’s 1928 tour of the United States","authors":"Carly S. Woods","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2022.2139087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2022.2139087","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Speech and debate have been central in shaping traditions of argumentation in the United States. While much of debate history has focused on individual nation-states, attention to twentieth century intercollegiate debate tours offers one way for argumentation scholars to consider the transgeographic flows of argument exchange. This essay makes the case for thinking about the history of debate across borders. In order to contribute to this special issue’s focus on argumentation in the Americas, I offer the example of the University of Puerto Rico’s 1928 debate tour of the eastern United States, in which student debaters were able to ‘speak back’ to U.S. imperialism through embodied performances that compelled audiences to consider different perspectives on education, language, citizenship, and sovereignty.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"29 1","pages":"281 - 289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89849114","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":"On the occasion of the first Argumentation Network of the Americas special issue","authors":"Katharina Stevens","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2022.2139085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2022.2139085","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this short commentary, I identify a common theme that argumentation scholars of and from the Americas might have in common - despite the vast heterogeneity of their research interest. I trace the interest in moral and political dimension of argumentation through ANA sponsored events and publication and make the case that this is a welcome development.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"24 1","pages":"302 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76637368","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":"Americas’ conviction: arguing democracy in the affective episteme","authors":"Darrin Hicks, R. W. Greene","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2022.2139088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2022.2139088","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We nominate conviction as a shared research problematic for argumentation scholarship in the Americas. Conviction has long been presumed as a constitutive feature of argumentation theory. Yet, important questions pertaining to the nature of conviction, how convictions are acquired, and conviction’s role in democratic governance have not received sustained attention. Using US President Joseph Biden’s address at the 2022 Summit of the Americas as a touchstone, we identify four distinct modalities of conviction – juridical, propositional, identitarian, and affective – which advocates articulate to advance strategic goals. Given the affective modality has received less attention from argumentation theorists, and the ever-increasing role affect plays in contemporary politics, we focus on explicating the affective modality and how it influences democratic governance and political activism in the Americas.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"47 1","pages":"290 - 301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87274766","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}