Table of Contents
The Rhetoric of Public Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
I. Introduction:
The Timeliness of Dialogue in Public . . . . . . . . 4
A. Informal Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. The Scope of the Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
II. Dialogue as a Hinge Concept
in Recent Public Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A. Tuning a Rhetorical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. The Rhetoric of Access and Space . . . . . . 8
2. The Rhetoric of Difference and Voice . . . .11
3. The Rhetoric of Deliberation . . . . . . . . . .15
4. The Rhetoric of Civility . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
B. The Special Case of Public Journalism . . . . .18
1. Dialogic Justifications for
a Public Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
2. Evaluations and Critiques of Public
Journalism Philosophy and Practice . . . . .20
III. Enhancing the Prospects for Public Dialogue:
Projects and Programs of Dialogic Response . .23
A. General Models and Applications
of Public Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
1. Public Conversations Project . . . . . . . . . . .23
2. National Issues Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
3. Study Circles Resource Center . . . . . . . . .25
4. Public Dialogue Consortium . . . . . . . . . . .26
B. Content-Specific Public Dialogue Programs . .27
1. Race Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
2. Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
3. Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
4. Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
5. International Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
C. Other Programs of Public Dialogue . . . . . . . .30
1. Uniting America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
2. Future Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
3. Bohmian Approach to Dialogue . . . . . . . .31
4. Cafés . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
5. Utne Reader Salons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
6. Yankelovich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
IV. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Editor’s Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Journals Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Featured Book Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Rob; Cissna, Kenneth N.; and Clune, Meghan K.
(2003)
"The Rhetoric of Public Dialogue,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 22:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol22/iss1/1