Bruce Gronbeck

A. Craig Baird Distinguished Professor
of Public Address

Television and Politics
Rhetoric and Media Studies

149 BCSB
phone (319) 335-0580
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(Ph.D. The University of Iowa) Bruce is the A. Craig Baird Distinguished Professor of Public Address. He works primarily in the area of rhetorical and media studies, with particular interests in contemporary television and politics. He teaches and writes about American cultural studies and the evolution of rhetorical thought, especially from the 18th century to the present.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF document)

Selected papers and projects Encyclopaedia of Communication "Rhetorical Studies" The Functions and Scope of Rhetoric Rediviva Center for Media Studies and Political Culture The Twenty-first Century Reconstitution of American Political Culture Sentimentalization of American Politics Musings on the Emptiness and Dreariness of Postmodern Critique Tradition and Technology in Local Newscasts: The Social Psychology of Form The Rhetorics of the Past: History, Argument, and Collective Memory Politicking on the Information Superhighway 2000 (project) Politicking on the Information Superhighway (paper) Politicking on the Information Superhighway (project)

Syllabi

• Class Readings
• 36R:607 (Spring 2002): Rhetoric and Culture: The American Cultural Studies Tradition
• 36R:607 (Spring 2003) 1989 American Culture Studies Symposium
• 36:71 (Spring 2002): Communication and Contemporary Culture
• 36R:405 (2001): 20th-Century Visual Politics
  • 36R:405 (2001) Schedule
  • Some Resources for Poster Propaganda
  • Some Works on Visuality, Visual Politics, and Ritual/Spectacle
  • Some Resources for Political Photography (Photojournalism)
• 36R:405 Communication and Dramaturgy: Performing Political Culture
• 36M:221 Media Criticism

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