"Our Mission and Our Moment": George W. Bush and September 11th

2003-12-01articleRhetoric and Public Affairs145 citationsclosed

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Rhetoric and Communication Studies Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Cultural and political discourse analysis

Abstract

This essay explores the ways in which President George W. Bush explained the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Through his choice of genre, use of visual imagery, and creation of an American people, Bush crafted the authority to dominate public interpretation of those events and the appropriate response to them.

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