Abstract
This essay considers questions about civility raised in the discourse responding to the January 2011 shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Focusing on two sites of discord-the debate in the media and President Obama's address at the memorial service for the victims-our analysis identifies two conceptionsof civility and their corresponding assumptions about democracy and community, provides a critique of both conceptions, and offers a conceptual framework for rhetorical critics studying civility.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 711-736 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Rhetoric and Public Affairs |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Communication
- Sociology and Political Science
- Linguistics and Language