Thomas G. G. Endres & Deanna D. D. Sellnow 
The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture [EPUB ebook] 
Considering Mediated Texts

Chapter 1. What Is Popular Culture and Why Study It?
Chapter 2. Expanding the Rhetorical Tradition
Chapter 3. A Narrative Perspective
Chapter 4. A Dramatistic Perspective
Chapter 5. A Symbolic Convergence Perspective
Chapter 6. A Neo-Marxist Perspective
Chapter 7. Feminist Perspectives
Chapter 8. A Music Perspective: The Illusion of Life
Chapter 9. Visual Perspectives
Chapter 10. Media-Centered Perspectives
Appendix. Writing a Popular Culture Rhetorical Essay

Deanna D. Sellnow is a professor of strategic communication in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida. She conducts research in two major areas. The first focuses on strategic instructional communication in a variety of contexts including both in-person and online classrooms, as well as risk, crisis, and health communication contexts. The second focuses on rhetorical studies of popular culture (ranging from music to advertisements to television programs and feature films). She has conducted funded research for the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Her work is published in refereed national and international journals, as well as several books. She has presented her work across the United States and in many countries around the world, including Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, and Vietnam. She and her husband, Tim, have a daughter (Debbie) and son-in-law (Scott), son (Rick) and daughter-in-law (Sarah), and three grandchildren (Lincoln, Emmett, and Rosemary).