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- Title
Lost in the WTO Shuffle: Publics, Counterpublics, and the Individual.
- Authors
Porrovecchio, Mark
- Abstract
Contemporary rhetorical theory has been spurred on by the re-examination of the concept of public. This article adds to that discussion by examining the WTO protests in Seattle, WA, in late 1999. The rhetorical concept of testimony helps us to more readily understand how publics and their counters create and sustain messages about themselves. Testimony demonstrates how individuals disseminate, justify, and complicate public and counterpublic agendas. We can no longer take public as a static rhetorical category. But it is equally apparent that testimony should give us pause as we consider where we shall take public and counterpublic theorizing.
- Subjects
SEATTLE (Wash.); WASHINGTON (State); WITNESSES; WORLD Trade Organization; PUBLIC demonstrations; DIALECTIC
- Publication
Western Journal of Communication, 2007, Vol 71, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
1057-0314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/10570310701515894