Theorizing Rhetorical Children.
Published In: Western Journal of Communication, 2023, v. 87, n. 1. P. 86 1 of 3
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Authored By: Mangold, Eli; Winslow, Luke 3 of 3
Abstract
Children play a vital role in shaping public argument. However, communication scholars have yet to theorize their rhetorical potentiality. Our essay redresses this limitation by analyzing children as a site of dynamic rhetorical struggle. We develop three constructs for theorizing rhetorical children: Moral obligation; Natality; and Revelatory truth-telling. We illuminate these constructs by analyzing rhetorical children in three case studies: "Mother" Jones and the March of the Mill Children, the American Civil Rights Movement and the Children's Crusade, and gun violence and the March For Our Lives Movement. We close by summarizing the value of theorizing rhetorical children for communication scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Additional Information
- Source:Western Journal of Communication. 2023/01, Vol. 87, Issue 1, p86
- Document Type:Article
- Subject Area:Law
- Publication Date:2023
- ISSN:1057-0314
- DOI:10.1080/10570314.2022.2100470
- Accession Number:161394738
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