“He sounded like a vile, disgusting pervert …” An Analysis of Persuasive Attacks on Rush Limbaugh During the Sandra Fluke Controversy

Legge, Nancy J.; DiSanza, James R.; Gribas, John; Shiffler, Aubrey

doi:10.1080/19376529.2012.722468

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“…All criticisms of action or behavior have two elements in common: offensiveness and blame (see Pomerantz’s analysis of complaints, 1978): A threat to reputation only occurs if (1) an offensive act has occurred and (2) the accused is held responsible for that behavior. Table 1 lists the strategies for persuasive attack on actions (Benoit and Dorries, 1996; see also Legge et al, 2012). Textual examples of these strategies can be found in Benoit (2017, 2020), Benoit and Dorries (1996), Benoit and Glantz (2017), and Benoit and Harthcock (1999).…”

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“…(1) Accused committed the act before generally and across situations (2) Accused planned the act (3) Accused knew likely consequences of the act (4) Accused benefited from the act (5) Others do not behave in this way (6) The behavior seems directly toward the victim Increasing Negative Perceptions of Act (1) Extent of the damage (2) Persistence of negative effects (3) Effects on the audience and/or those whom the audience cares about (4) Inconsistency (5) Victims are innocent/helpless, dignified/honorable/noble (6) Obligation to protect victims Source: Benoit (2020), Benoit and Dorries (1996), Benoit and Glantz (2017), Legge et al (2012).…”

Section: Increasing Perceived Responsibility For the Actmentioning

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Persuasive attack on President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin

Benoit

2022

Discourse & Communication

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The U.S. House of Representatives impeached American President Donald Trump for a second time in 2021. Trump was accused of fomenting an insurrection against the democracy he was sworn to protect, one of the most serious accusations that could be made against a president. In 2022 President Joe Biden, and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken, declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a speech attacking Russia for war crimes. As with Trump, commission of war crimes is one of the worst accusations that can be leveled against a military leader. This paper analyzes these three important texts as instances of persuasive attack. These attacks addressed the two essential components of an attack, discussing offensiveness of the actions and blame for these actions. This analysis reinforces the utility of the Theory of Persuasive Attack and helps illuminate important recent discourses employing attacks.

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Persuasive attack on President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin

Benoit

2022

Discourse & Communication

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“…Inspireret af Ryans artikel opstår der, saerligt inden for virksomhedskommunikation, en interesse for anklagen og forsvarets indbyrdes forhold. Flere artikler har lagt sig i forlaengelse af Ryans ved at fokusere på to forskellige aspekter: 1) typologier over anklagens mulige indhold (se fx Benoit & Dorries, 1996;Legge et al, 2012;DiSanza & Legge, 2016;Benoit, 2017) og 2) talesaettet som struktur (se fx Stein, 2008). For hovedparten af disse artikler gaelder det, at interessen mere eller mindre eksplicit knytter sig til effektiv kommunikation og ønsket om at forstå anklagen og anklagens retoriske potentialer for dermed bedre at forstå forsvarets succes eller mangel på samme.…”

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“Men så skedde inte i Sverige” – om anklagens anatomi

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Nørremark

2022

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Til trods for at forsvaret og undskyldningen har haft en central plads i retorik- og kommunikationsforskningen de seneste årtier, har det naturlige modstykke, anklagen, fået overraskende beskeden retorikfaglig opmærksomhed. Denne artikel bidrager til at udbedre dele af denne mangel, idet den opstiller en definition af anklagen som en situeret ytring, hvor nogen tilskriver skyld til en gruppe eller et individ. Definitionen knytter anklagen til udsagn om fortidige begivenheder, som har udgjort brud på skrevne eller uskrevne normer, og artiklen argumenterer for, at fortællingens logik smitter af på og er bestemmende for anklagens form og funktion. Artiklen bringer definitionen i spil gennem nærlæsninger af forskellige anklager fra den debat, der opstod i de skandinaviske lande i 2020 i forlængelse af coronakrisen. Spændt ud mellem nedslag i en strengt formel juridisk anklage for lovbrud og en uformel, privat anklage, vier artiklen det meste af sin analytiske opmærksomhed til en offentlig anklage, der dels er interessant i sig selv i kraft af sin komplekse komposition, dels er eksemplarisk for, hvordan anklager tilskriver skyld ved hjælp af fortællinger, nemlig en artikel fra Dagens Nyheter, hvor svenske forskere anklagede embedsmænd og den svenske regering for embedsforsømmelse.

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Harnessing the Potential of the “Demotic Turn” to Authoritarian Ends: Caller Participation and Weaponized Communication on US Conservative Talk Radio Programs

Mort

2020

French Perspectives on Media, Participation and Audiences

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“He sounded like a vile, disgusting pervert …” An Analysis of Persuasive Attacks on Rush Limbaugh During the Sandra Fluke Controversy

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Persuasive attack on President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin

Persuasive attack on President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin

“Men så skedde inte i Sverige” – om anklagens anatomi

Harnessing the Potential of the “Demotic Turn” to Authoritarian Ends: Caller Participation and Weaponized Communication on US Conservative Talk Radio Programs

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