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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCognella, Inc.
ISBN-10151654823X
ISBN-139781516548231
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038770802
Product Key Features
Number of Pages450 Pages
Publication NameEngaged Persuasion in a Post-Truth World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
SubjectGeneral
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science
AuthorStephen K. Hunt, Kevin R. Meyer
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight27.4 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisEngaged Persuasion in a Post-Truth World provides an innovative approach to inspire students' interest in persuasive communication in today's ever-evolving world. The book moves beyond theory and addresses new media, engaged citizenship, and deconstructing messages in a post-truth world to deepen students' exploration of persuasion. This multi-disciplinary, research-driven textbook highlights contemporary studies in persuasion. It covers the dynamics of persuasion, including important source, receiver, and message components while also exploring the effects of persuasive communication on receivers' attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors. Students examine the application of persuasive communication concepts and theories to their lives in multiple contemporary contexts, such as campus, residence, workplace, classroom, and online communities. Unique themes explored in the book include the application of contemporary persuasion theory and research to the post-truth era, the influence of new media on persuasive communication, and how students can use persuasion to become civically engaged and advance the common good. A highly relevant and wholly original approach, Engaged Persuasion in a Post-Truth World is an exemplary text for courses in persuasive communication., Provides an innovative approach to inspire students' interest in persuasive communication in today's ever-evolving world. The book moves beyond theory and addresses new media, engaged citizenship, and deconstructing messages in a post-truth world to deepen students' exploration of persuasion.