Conspiracy rhetoric: From pragmatism to fantasy in public discourse

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• Mr. Goodnight is Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, and Mr. Poulakos is Instructor of Speech, Miami University. An earlier draft of this paper was presented at the Speech Communication Association convention, New York, 1980. The authors thank Thomas B. Farrell for his helpful suggestions.
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