TY - BOOK AU - Borchers, Timothy A. AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - SN - 0072862912 (softcover : alk. paper);9780072862911 (softcover : alk. paper) SN - 2 PY - 2005///];copyright 2005.46 CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Persuasion (Rhetoric);Mass media N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. R-1 thru R-11) and index; Concepts of persuasion -- Persuasion in contemporary society -- Theories of persuasion -- Persuasion and ethics in the media age -- Variables of persuasion -- Media influences on persuasion -- Audiences and attitudes -- Persuasion and visual images -- Persuasion and language -- Persuasion and culture -- The persuasiveness of the source -- The reasoning process -- Motivational appeals -- Contexts and applications of persuasion -- Persuasive campaigns and movements -- Advertising -- Interpersonal persuasion -- Creating persuasive presentations; 5 ER -