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Political argumentation
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the process of using verbal and visual arguments among citizens, leaders, and government agencies to influence the policy decisions of a political community
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public sphere
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a public forum, a sphere of argument to handle disagreements between representative spokespersons employing common values, language, and reasoning, to settle disagreements
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public screen
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public screen is the morphogenic result from the public sphere. Shifted participation away from top-down constraints seen in the traditional public sphere to areas of virtual interest, information dissemination, increased publicity
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political claims
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claims regarding political issues such as equal rights for women and informative food labels
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committee hearings
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critical decision making scenes where the claims of argumentation are modified through debate
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good story
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the building, focus and refutation of an argument creates a narrative, "good stories"
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majoritarianism
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important value of the legislative process which is the idea of getting as many people, the majority, in support of their arguments
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amendment process
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The process of changing or adding to the US Constitution
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credibility function
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the function of gaining credibility of others in the political sphere and not just pass or deny bills
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issue and image
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an element of the personal in the political sphere which asks the question, is this person or party a fit representative of his constituents?
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the people
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myths constructed by candidates to define the whole population as embodying the candidates point of view. It Is important base for the story that a candidate must tell and maintain at the center of the campaign
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the public
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myths constructed by candidates to define the whole population as embodying the candidates point of view. It Is important base for the story that a candidate must tell and maintain at the center of the campaign
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media
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candidates use media appearances to reinforce their "story" and refute attacks on it. Some media exemplifies the public screen
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political debates
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these debates are believed that information about the candidates and their stands on issues will be revealed
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values
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candidate make sure they link their arguments to strong values that the majority hold
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evidence
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a successful campaign will provide examples, statistics and testimony to support the value orientation of the campaign.
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leave no shot unanswered
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quickly and strategically refute attacks of the opposition to disallow credibility
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inoculation
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reputational strategy where answering an argument before it is made can have a significant effect and even prevent it from being used
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