Corporate Advocacy

Rhetoric in the Information Age

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Internal and external advocacy is a complex communication process, with many interwoven purposes, methods, and expected (or unexpected) outcomes. Judith Hoover and her contributors show what the advocacy processes are, using a fascinating set of case histories, and then analyze and evaluate them by means of rhetorical, cultural, critical, and argumentation theories. In doing so they blend organizational communication and classical rhetorical theory, and thus extend the concept of corporate advocacy into new areas of study. An important resource for teachers and students of communication theory and practice, and an unusual insight for corporate communication specialists.In fourteen case studies analyzed through three significant communication theory perspectives, Hoover and her contributors examine the concept of advocacy by looking at corporate rhetoric, corporate cultures, and the hidden sources of power inherent in both. We listen to the messages of corporate spokespersons such as Lee Iacocca. We observe the internal cultures of business and industry. We investigate the meanings of such terms as Wall Street and consumerism. We broaden our view to include not only union advocacy, but also the role of language in the organizational distribution of power. By synthesizing these cases through yet a fourth perspective, the book not only extends the concept to recognize internal advocacy processes but also reveals the complexity of advocacy strategies that must be designed to accomplish multiple purposes and that must respond to multilayered and interconnected contexts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-03-18
Mått161 x 240 x 19 mm
Vikt578 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781567200669

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Introduction Corporate Advocacy: A Powerful Persuasive Strategy by Judith D. Hoover Rhetorical Theory The Barbecue on the Mount: The Robber Barons' Gospel of Self-Reliance by Kathleen Ann Lawrence Tycoons, Lumberjacks, and the Notion of "Corporate Hero" in the American Timber Industry by Mark P. Moore The Evolution of the Shareholder's Voice in American Capitalism by James Gaut Ragsdale The Rhetoric of the Money Changers: Corporate America Responds to the Great Depression by C. Brant Short and Michael R. Tracy Straight Talk: Lee Iacocca as Corporate Rhetor by Matthew W. Seeger Cultural Theory Reconstructing Corporate Culture: Corporate Advocacy in Fred Meyer's Newsletter, The Q-municator by Helen Tate Expatriate/Repatriate Training: Corporate Advocacy of Interculturalism by Cecile W. Garmon Beyond Argumentative Corporate Advocacy: Natural Advocacy by Roger D. Vincent Critical Theory Wall Street as Main Street: A Narrative Approach by Barry Alan Morris Consumerism: Advocacy in the Interest of Consumers by Robert L. Heath Investigating Commissions as External Advocates: The National Transportation Safety Board and the Airline Industry by Sally J. Ray Union Advocacy: Power, Organizing, and Change by Tricia Hansen-Horn and Gabriel M. Vasquez Poetics and Petrochemicals: Organizational Performances of the Mississippi River by Leigh Anne Howard "Not Worth the Money I Paid For It": Dialogue, Diversity, and the Rhetoric of Organizational Advocacy by Mark Lawrence McPhail Argumentation Theory Argumentation and Corporate Advocacy: A Synthesis by Janice E. Schuetz Conclusion Index