Constituting “the People” as Rhetorical Interruption: Barack Obama and the Unfinished Hopes of an Imperfect People

Sweet, Derek; McCue-Enser, Margret

doi:10.1080/10510974.2010.514679

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“…Furthermore, Obama made explicit reference to Lincoln as the instrumental figure who called upon the "divided house to stand together" (p. 158). Obama referred to Lincoln to make "appeals to national unity, racial harmony" and to "mak[e] good the promise of America" (p. Focusing on the first presidential election campaign, Sweet and McCue-Enser (2010) advance the idea that Obama's rhetoric presented American society as a work in progress toward a perfect union. The scholars analyze two sermons, two commemorations, a commencement address, a Fourth of July oration, an apology, and an acceptance speech to better understand Obama's rhetorical construction of "We the People" (p. 608).…”

Section: Part Ii: Rhetorical Themesmentioning

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Barack Obama’s Speeches and Addresses: a Narrative and Framing Analysis

Sanghara¹

2021

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This Major Research Paper analyzes four of President Obama’s addresses or speeches leading up to and during the initial year in his second presidential term by asking two crucial questions that existing literature has overlooked. Scholars have primarily focused on the rhetorical strategies, themes, and techniques in Obama’s speeches. First, what political, economic, and constitutive stories did Obama include in the four speeches and addresses? I rely upon Abbott’s story definition along with Smith’s explanation of political, economic, and constitutive stories. Second, how did Obama frame these stories? I draw upon Fairhurst and Sarr’s framing techniques: metaphor, contrast, and slogan. From this analysis, it is evident that Obama carefully selects political, economic, and constitutive stories and framing techniques to convey common American experiences, provide a renewed vision for the United States of America, and empower Americans as capable agents to create a better future, ultimately moving forward, which is the slogan of his second presidential campaign.

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Section: Part Ii: Rhetorical Themesmentioning

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Barack Obama’s Speeches and Addresses: a Narrative and Framing Analysis

Sanghara¹

2021

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“…Scholars have critically attended to Obama's rhetorical negotiations of racial politics. Obama functioned as a racial unifier through his rhetorical signatures (Frank, 2011), by embodying "unity" via his multi-raciality (Dilliplane, 2012), by his empathic use of double-consciousness (Terrill, 2009), or through his collaborative identity performance that negotiates the idea of an "American people" (Sweet & McCue-Enser, 2010). Obama disavowed race (Isaksen, 2011) or transcended it (Hoerl, 2012;Smith, 2009).…”

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Our Foreign President Barack Obama: The Racial Logics of Birther Discourses

Pham¹

2015

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

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“…This idea is particularly relevant to an explanation of disillusionment with Barack Obama's administration. During his campaign, Obama presented a vision of democracy in which communal participation in politics could transform America (Jenkin & Cos, 2010;Sweet & McCue, 2010). According to Sweet and Mc-Cue (2010), "Obama's rhetoric is an attempt to reconstitute the U.S. electorate's understanding of 'the people' and of their collective agency as citizens capable of self-governance" (p. 603).…”

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The Use and Abuse of Digital Democracy

Baarda

Luppicini

2012

International Journal of Technoethics

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The field of technoethics explores the ethical challenges that technology poses to the different spheres of society. Recently, scholars have begun to explore the ethical implications of new digital technologies and social media, particularly in the realms of society and politics. A qualitative case study was conducted on Barack Obama’s campaign social networking site, my.barackobama.com, in order to investigate the ways in which the website uses or misuses digital technology to create a healthy participatory democracy. For an analysis of ethical and non-ethical ways to promote participatory democracy online, the study included theoretical perspectives such as the role of the public sphere in a participatory democracy and the effects of political marketing on the public sphere. The case study included a content analysis of the website and interviews with members of groups on the site. The study’s results can be found further in the article.

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Constituting “the People” as Rhetorical Interruption: Barack Obama and the Unfinished Hopes of an Imperfect People

Cited by 14 publications

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Barack Obama’s Speeches and Addresses: a Narrative and Framing Analysis

Barack Obama’s Speeches and Addresses: a Narrative and Framing Analysis

Our Foreign President Barack Obama: The Racial Logics of Birther Discourses

The Use and Abuse of Digital Democracy

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