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The speech set had shades of politics, humor, and public address, crossing realms of entertainment, news, and word-of-mouth communication. Josh Compton & Brett Miller https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0363811111000932?via%3Dihub David Letterman, host…
Whereas most image repair analyses trace an attack and then the image repair attempts of the one attacked, this essay takes a much less conventional approach: We trace…
With changing tactics, multiple forums, and a context of humor, the back-and-forth between Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart serves as a unique look into image repair rhetoric, late…
Humor both helped and complicated Letterman’s image repair discourse. Josh Compton & Brett Miller David Letterman, host of Late Show, told a joke about Sarah Palin’s daughter during one…
The last few weeks of an outgoing president’s term present unique rhetorical opportunities. So begins the verbal juggle of legacy and legislation, of image bolstering and, as this…
Compton, J. (2003, November). Mars or busted image: The mediated image restoration strategies of NASA in response to their Mars Polar Lander failure [paper presentation]. National Communication Association, Miami Beach,…
Compton, J. (2003, November). Prescription for a positive image: Politics, illness, and image restoration [poster presentation]. National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
Compton, J. (1999, October). The violent mutation of Straight Edge: Examining a social movement’s use of the media for image restoration [paper presentation]. Sooner Communication Conference, Norman, OK, United States….