CMST 2060 Chapter 3

unexpected obstacle, perplexity, or problem

when public continguences generate concern and uncertainty with in a public audience

dexist when we confront problems with a proven method to guide us

specific aspects of a common situation as affects the audience

larger envirnoment that defines the historical and social context for the situation

various things (emotions, attitudes etc.)that may influence their behaviors

a complex interaction of individuals that constitute a political culture

develop outside of and counter to the established mechanisms of the state

facts are made available and judgments are made by its members through open discussion, criticism, and persuasion

leaders suppress opinions they feel could be dangerous

the forum best suited for allowing peopel to speack about matters of public concern

an elite group with specialized knowledge uses techincal jargon to discuss narrow problems

a language which favors the expression of feelings and opinions

only views encouraged to be expressed are those sanctioned by the authorities

relative authority or marginality that some thing/someone has.

something valued, respected, and/or embraced

something that is widely condemned, ignored, and/or rejected

percentage of people who hold certain views to be true

Conscious personal beliefs expressed as a commitment to a certain matter of factor value

the accepted and established habits, norms, routines, traditions, and unspoken laws of a community

a culture's conventiaonal wisdom and practical judgment

an experience of contingency that makes us feel a combination of concern and uncertainty

public issue that generates concern and uncertainty and which can be resolved in part through rhetical persuasion

a subject that is "on the public's mind"

audience acheives consensusas to what the problem is but is uncertain of a solution

when the audience isn't sure that there is an problem

the act of defining things in term of a general category for the purposes of making a pratical decision

the larger publics who might eventually be influenced by the speaker's words in some way

obstacles that stand between us and the attainment of our interests

obstacles that must be over come in order to facilitate both the persuasive and pratical effects desired by the speaker

the beliefs, attitudes, and values of an audience that must be changed if persuasion is to occur

pervading attitude

the people, objects, processes, and events that may physically obstruct any productive action even if persuasion of an audience has occured

a conscious instigator of social action who uses persuasivediscourse top achieve his or her ends

the specific setting shared by speaker and audience whose circumstances constrain the form and appropriateness of what is said

the reason for and circumstances under which the occasion occurs (reason for the speech)

spoken language delivered for the purpose of persuading an audience to think, act and feel in ways different than it already does.