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Compromise on Capital Hill: Dialogic Compromise and the Sequester

Compromise on Capital Hill: Dialogic Compromise and the Sequester. Sarah Crouse Senior Seminar Presentation March 19 th 2012. Introduction. What is the Sequester? Gramm, Rudman, & Hollings Super Committee 2.4%. How Did W e G et H ere?. Gemma Fiumara’s Logocentrism (1990) .

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Compromise on Capital Hill: Dialogic Compromise and the Sequester

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  1. Compromise on Capital Hill: Dialogic Compromise and the Sequester Sarah Crouse Senior Seminar Presentation March 19th 2012

  2. Introduction What is the Sequester? Gramm, Rudman, & Hollings Super Committee 2.4%

  3. How Did We Get Here? Gemma Fiumara’s Logocentrism (1990)

  4. Dialogue • “For what would be ‘‘beautiful’’ if the contradiction had not first become conscious of itself, if the ugly had not first said to itself: ‘‘I am ugly’’? (Nietzsche, 1887, p. 18) • Kindergarten Class of Speaking • Martin Buber (1971) • No end goal

  5. Dialogue • David Bohm (1996) • The HOW of Dialogue • Foss and Griffin (1995) • Invitational Rhetoric • Equality

  6. Research Questions How could we use Dialogue as a tool to approach the topic of the Sequester? What would congress need to do differently? How could Dialogue be the “solution” to this problem? Thesis: I propose that Dialogic Compromise could be a new strategy for approaching the Sequester and other Political disagreements

  7. Dialogic Compromise Uses the rules of dialogue to create a space where true compromise can happen in the political world

  8. Other Voices • Hunter, Before the Shooting Begins (1994) & To Change the World (2010) • The Big Sort, Bishop (2009) • The Similarity Principle • Polarization • Democracy in the Digital Age, Anthony Wilhelm (2000) • Selective exposure • Swimming in ideologies • Roderick Hart, Seducing America (1999) • Simplifying Congress

  9. Voices in the Media • Fox News • ABC News • NPR News • Blame Game • Shamefulness of either side • Appalled by the groups being cut • Military scholarships • Education vs Defense • Polarization • Name Calling

  10. Implications and Future Research • Current Political Climate • Strengths: • Mindset • We have the capability to succeed • Weaknesses: • Challenges the nature of our society • Limited access • Kumbaya • I believe in dialogic compromise!

  11. In Conclusion Eye opening for me Phenomenology is an important aspect of communication theory Everyday uses

  12. Sources Bishop, B. (2008). The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Buber, M. (1971). I and Thou. New York, NY: Touchstone. Bohm, D. (1996). On Dialogue. New York, NY: Routledge. Hanh, T. N. (1985). Being Peace. Berkley, CA: Paraliax Press. Hart, R. (1999). Seducing America: How Television Charms the Modern Voter. London, UK: Sage Hunter, J. D. (1994). Before the Shooting Begins. New York, NY: The Free Press Hunter, J. D. (2010). To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press Fiumara, G. (1990). The Other Side of Language: A Philsophopy of Listening. New York, NY: Routledge. Foss, S. K., & Griffin, C. L. (1995). Beyond Persuasion: A Proposal for Invitational Rhetoric. Communication Monographs, 62, 2-18 Staff, NPR. (2010, October 10). Civility war: Ex-congressmen ask peers to play nice. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130472194 Wilhelm, A.G. (2000). Democracy in the Digital Age. Great Britain: Routledge.

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