The changing conversation in America lectures from the Smithsonian (Sage Publications, 2002)
Papers based on lectures delivered as part of a lecture series titled Conversation in America, and presented at the Smithsonian Institution. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Based on a series of public lecturers sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates and the National Communication Association, this book provides insight into concerns that conversation is changing in negative ways in the United States, both on an interpersonal level and on a national level
Conversation in America : changing rules, hidden dimensions / William F. Eadie, Paul E. Nelson -- Toward a national conversation about public issues / W. Barnett Pearce -- The Declaration of Independence in the rhetoric of American politics / Stephen E. Lucas -- Some distinctive features of American conversation / Donal Carbaugh -- Language and agency in the transformation of American identity / Molefi Kete Asante -- New communication technology and the changing nature of conversation / Everett M. Rogers and William B. Hart -- Political conversation : a distortion / Roderick P. Hart, Jr. -- Changing relationships, changing conversations / Julia T. Wood