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Public Places: Sites of Political Communication (Lexington Studies in Political Communication)
Public Places Sites of Political Communication - Lexington Studies in Political Communication Author:Carl T. Hyden, Theodore F. Sheckels This book rhetorically and historically examines the contextual and experiential dimensions of a wide range of public places?from memorials to stadiums?that are rife with political implications. Fourteen public places ranging from the national to local, from 9/11 memorials to a baseball park are analyzed. The authors investigate the histories of... more » these public spaces, examine their designs, and discuss their political implications in order to outline their role within the public sphere. This book begins with a loose theoretical framework for understanding public places as rhetorically drawn from extant scholarship, and concludes with a systematic means of exploring the allocation of power by public places. Recommended for scholars of communication studies, rhetoric, political science, and architecture.« less