Doublespeak

Paper Summary:

This paper applies the Orwellian term of doublespeak to modern politics and media. Specifically, the paper attempts to show ways of spotting doublespeak and other methods of deception used in speeches by using quotes from George W. Bush and major media outlets as subjects for analysis.

From the Paper:

"Anyone can use doublespeak, and more and more are. A person isn't cheating on a test they're just resourceful; they're not promiscuous, just a swinger. When a person is getting closer to death they are in their golden years. Doublespeak does not have to be used as a permission devise, it can also be used as a beneficial motivator. Parents can tell a child that they "got to take a bath," would the child want to "get to take bath too?" Here the child would see the bath as something that he is fortunate enough to enjoy, and not something forced upon him."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Max Atkinson Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need To Know About Making Speeches & Presentations1984, Caimbridge University Press, New York
• Michael Cobb God Hates Fags: The Rhetoric of Religious Violence 2006, New York University Press, New York
• Double Speak site http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Doublespeak
• Politics and the English Language By George Orwell http://www.george-orwell.org/Politics_and_the_English_Language/0.html

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