One of my all-time favorite posts on the Social Media Contractors blog is by one of our editors, Catherine: Me Talk Witty One Day: The Art of Social Media Rhetoric. First of all, I think it’s spot on, ...

From infomercials to political canvassing to appeals for coveted roles, the most compelling rhetoric uses a mix of ethos, pathos, and logos. These techniques encompass a wide spectrum of human ...

While teaching a class on intelligence and analysis last year, I asked my graduate students why the media’s shocking picture of the drowned Syrian boy seemed to have such an incredible effect on ...

If there's anything that small-business owners have no patience for, it's a mystery. They know their primary objective for their product or service is to "get noticed." They've been reading and ...

Rhetoric is at the heart of the battle for power in at least 64 countries which go to the polls this year – an extraordinary year in politics. While the Ancient sandals may have been swapped for ...

Anyone who’s shed a tear (or a thousand) during Sarah McLachlan’s ASPCA commercial knows that as much as we might like to think of ourselves as purely logical beings, we’re often driven by our ...

University of Liverpool provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Benn used a range of rhetorical and oratorical devices to make his powerful case. Specifically, these were ...