Trevor Parry-Giles & Shirley Logan On Wypr

Faculty discuss the role of rhetoric in American politics.

Professor of communication Trevor Parry-Giles and Shirley Logan, recently retired professor of English, discussed the misunderstood history of rhetoric and current political discourse on WYPR’s “Midday.”

“We’ve all heard of logical fallacies like the red herring and the slippery slope. How often do they crop up in political speech, and how can we learn to recognize them? From alliteration to tapinosis, the role of rhetoric in politics.”

You can listen to the complete segment on the Midday Podcast website.

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