Culture, myth, and ideology as public argument: An interpretation of the ascent and demise of “Southern culture”;

“Making waves” with burke: Surf Nazi culture and the rhetoric of localism

“…The second strand concerns the analysis of "culture, myth, and ideology as public argument" (Balthrop, 1984, p. 339). While previous studies have examined letters that carry out the redemptive cycle on a "quiet, personal level" (Carlson & Hocking, 1988, p. 206), the current study examines surfers' published letters as public argument (Balthrop, 1984). In so doing, the study joins culture, myth, and ideology with the description of redemptive strategies (Corcoran, 1983;Heath, 1986).…”

“…Specifically, the cycle is used to interpret relationships among myth, culture, and ideology. Myths may be viewed as encompassing images expressing the organizing principle of perfection that guides ways of cultural existence (Balthrop, 1984). As such, myths are a "community-building force" (Dorsey, 1995, p. 3) that create meaning, construct reality, both solve and reveal social problems, and reify culture (Breen & Corcoran, 1982;Lee, 1995;Rowland, 1990aRowland, , 1990bRushing, 1990).…”

The “Beer Summit” and What's Brewing: Narratives, Networks, and Metaphors as Rhetorical Confinement in the Age of Obama

“…are quick to pit Black versus White to keep the news cycle of conflict and the provocative image of ''law and order'' intact and ''absorbed'' into what Balthrop (1984) described as the ''totality of cultural meanings'' (p. 341). 2 Moreover, stories pitting a somewhat famous, affluent African American scholar against a uniformed, working man's policeman on Harvard Square is going to attract attention.…”

On the intellectual structure of the human communication discipline

“…While an exhaustive list of such forms would be impossible, representative examples may be mentioned. These would include such recurring message forms as the following: accounts (Harvey, Weber & Orbuch, 1990;McLaughlin, Cody & Read, 1992;Scott & Lyman, 1968), apologies (Owen, 1983), clichés (Wanta & Leggett, 1988), complaints (Alberts, 1989a;Cloven & Roloff, 1993), compliments (Knapp, Hopper & Bell, 1984), conversational turns (Duncan, 1972), curses ana profanity (Hughes, 1991;Jay, 1992), devious messages (Bowers, Elliot & Downloaded by [York University Libraries] at 20:28 04 January 2015 198-POWERS Desmond, 1977), demand tickets (Nofsinger, 1975), disclaimers (Hewitt & Stokes, 1975), euphemisms (Bell, Buerkel-Rothfuss & Gore, 1987), fortune predictions (Aphek & Tobin, 1990), framing devices (Clair, 1993), gossip (Spacks, 1986), greetings (Krivonos & Knapp, 1975) and good-byes (Knapp et al, 1973), group problem-solving formats (Larson, 1969), hedges (Prince, Frader & Bosk, 1982), metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980), 9 museum tour lectures (Katriel, 1993), myths (Balthrop, 1984), narratives (Britton & Pellegrini, 1990;Fisher, 1987), nicknames (Allen, 1983),^araWi?5 (Kirkwood, 1985), persuasive fear appeals (Witte, 1992), plea bargains (Maynard, 1985), pronoun references (Brown & Oilman, 1970;Wiener & Mehrabian, 1968),proverbs …”