The Impact of Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggression on Communicator Image: The Exchange between George Bush and Dan Rather.

Downs, Valerie Cryer; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ404994

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Impact of Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggression on Communicator Image: The Exchange between George Bush and Dan Rather.

Downs, Valerie Cryer; And Others

Western Journal of Speech Communication, v54 n1 p99-112 Win 1990

Seeks to determine the effect of argumentativeness and verbal aggression on the image of participants in the CBS news interview of George Bush by Dan Rather. Finds that both concepts have a significant relationship to communicator image. Reports that verbal aggressiveness negatively affected Bush's image but positively influenced Rather's. (MG)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Debate, Higher Education, Interviews, Persuasive Discourse, Verbal Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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