{"id":2,"date":"2013-10-15T19:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-06-27T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T14:49:59","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');<\/p>\n<p>  ga('create', 'UA-52345433-1', 'auto');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');<\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">People have been talking about rhetoric since Ancient Greece. Aristotle called rhetoric \u201cthe faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.\u201d Over the years, there has been much debate about what exactly that might mean. Today, we often think of political speeches, and rhetoric has come to mean meaningless, deceptive, or flowery speech in popular usage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But that\u2019s far from the whole story. The study of rhetoric is, broadly, the study of how we talk about things. We believe that language shapes the ways we think about things and how we behave. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to think critically about the words and symbols we use to communicate our ideas and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Our goal is to question, to explain, to understand, and sometimes to call for a change in public discourse. To do so, we won\u2019t just be looking at speeches per se. Rhetoric includes all kinds of communication &#8212; spoken, written, visual, performed, embodied. Because we believe rhetoric is central to social engagement, you\u2019ll often find us writing about current events, political controversies, and popular culture.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhetorically Speaking is a project of graduate students and faculty in the <a href=\"https:\/\/commarts.wisc.edu\/graduate\/rhetoric-politics-culture\">Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture program<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/commarts.wisc.edu\/\">Department of Communication Arts<\/a> at the University of Wisconsin &#8211; Madison.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re striving to make this a space for jargon-free conversation. We believe that rhetoric affects us all, so we hope to extend this conversation beyond the confines of the university. From professional scholars to armchair philosophers to engaged citizens, all are welcome in this venture.<\/p>\n<p>Want to get in touch with us? Contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rhetoricallyspeaking@commarts.wisc.edu\">rhetoricallyspeaking@commarts.wisc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have been talking about rhetoric since Ancient Greece. Aristotle called rhetoric \u201cthe faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.\u201d Over the years, there has been much debate about what exactly that might mean. Today, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoric.commarts.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}