Title :
Professional communication in the anti-terror age
Author :
Smith, Catherine F.
Author_Institution :
East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA
Abstract :
Discourse analysis of a US Senate committee hearing shows the construction of a psychology of fear in governmental public deliberation. Professionals who participate in public policy making as expert witnesses or organization spokespersons need to use discourse analytic techniques to recognize the functions of perspective in public discourse. Teachers and trainers can help prepare practitioners to relate specialized knowledge to a prevailing perspective on terror.
Keywords :
government policies; professional communication; psychology; terrorism; US Senate committee hearing; antiterror age; governmental public deliberation; organization spokesperson; professional communication; psychology; public discourse analytic technique; public policy making; Auditory system; Councils; Instruments; Large-scale systems; Professional communication; Psychology; Public policy; Rhetoric; Terrorism; US Government;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2005. IPCC 2005. Proceedings. International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9027-X
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9028-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494162
