TY - BOOK AU - Beeson,Lillian L. TI - Persuasion: theory and applications SN - 0199732353 AV - BF637.P4 B344 2014 U1 - 153.852 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Persuasion (Psychology) N1 - Includes index; Preface -- Theoretical foundations -- Roadmap of the book -- Introduction to persuasion in everyday practices -- Rhetorical scholars : perspectives on rhetoric -- Audiences : social scientists address needs, attitudes, and beliefs -- Language : the code of persuasion -- Messages : verbal and nonverbal support -- Application of persuasion in the context of politics, law, religion, art & cinema, advertising, and public relations -- Political communication : mediated constructions -- Legal communication : persuasion in court -- Religion and persuasion -- Art as persuasion: visual rhetoric -- Advertising : integrated marketing communication (IMC) -- Public relations : engineering public consent -- Glossary -- Index ER -