Regan MurrayWorks CitedCook, John. “LETTER • THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS OPEN ACCESS • THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS IOPSELECT Quantifying the Consensus on Anthropogenic…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayRhetorical Appeal: LogosBear with me here, I know this might initially seem like a reach, but I believe that Oliver’s main rhetorical strategy is logos. Logos is a…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayRhetorical SituationLloyd Bitzer introduced the revolutionary theory of the rhetorical situation, and I believe that based off of this theory John Oliver’s…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayVisual RhetoricVisual rhetoric is described as “the way rhetors use images- what are full of symbolic meaning- to communication, create meaning, make…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayHot and ColdMarshall McCluhan, in his book ‘Understanding Media’, coined the terms hot and cool media in response to the Kennedy- Nixon debates…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayAttribution TheoryJohn Oliver pits two opposing styles of attribution against each other in his skit imitating the climate change debate. Attribution theory…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayPublics and CounterpublicsThough it is usually true that people who don’t believe in climate change are usually also part of an extremely privileged socioeconomic…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
Regan MurrayLast Week, Tonight, and For the Rest of Human History: A Statement on Climate ChangeJohn Oliver, in an episode of his show Last Week Tonight released in May of 2014, tackled the issue of climate change with a skit. The skit…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
