COM 51500 - Persuasion In Social Movements

A study of the concept of persuasion in social movement theory and the role rhetoric has played historically in selected social movements such as suffrage, women’s liberation, civil rights, evangelism, and trade unionism.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes

1. Understand and analyze explanatory cultural, rhetorical, critical theories of social movements.
2. Identify possible social and cultural sources for emerging social movements.
3. Understand and analyze the role of persuasion and rhetorical communication in the emergence and development of social movement actions and various publics response.
4. Understand and analyze political and rhetorical dimensions of social movement decline, adjustment resolution, or transformation.