• ISBN13: 9781032531861
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Communication, Mass Media and Journalism
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2024
• Pages: 192
• Original Price: GBP 62.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 381 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Rhetoric, Public Speaking & Speech Writing, and Communication Studies

Now in its third edition, this comprehensive textbook is designed to serve as a speech-making reference for advanced students of public speaking.

The book presumes that readers have prior experience with basic public speaking skills and seeks to enhance those abilities with references to classical concepts, the inclusion of sample speeches, and questions for speech criticism. This new edition includes a greater diversity of speeches and new material on populist rhetoric and civility to outline the importance of civic discourse in an age of polarization. It also includes suggestions for speaking to remote audiences.

Providing users with the opportunity to increase their speaking abilities across a wide variety of complex and specific contexts, this student-engagement focused and flexible text serves as a core textbook for upper-level undergraduate public speaking courses.

Online resources for instructors include an instructor's manual and test bank offering guidance on syllabus construction, lecture content, and classroom activities. They are available at www.routledge.com/9781032531861.

Michael J. Hostetler holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Northwestern University, USA. A former Fulbright Teaching Fellow, he taught courses in the history and criticism of American public address at St. John's University, USA for over twenty years before retiring to Los Angeles.

Mary L. Kahl holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Indiana University, USA. A former Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn State University, USA, she taught courses in political communication, rhetorical criticism, and women's discourse for four decades before to retiring to Cape Cod.