Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment
Mark Thompson
(Ox&Cam - Humanitas)
Argument: The public language which most people actually hear and are influenced by, is changing in ways which make it more effective as an instrument of political persuasion but less effective as a medium of explanation and deliberation.
Far from diminishing incomprehension and distrust, it often increases them.
作为标志、象征：Death Penal - everything to do with Barack Obama
将未来纳入现实考量
解释的力量被消解，同时接受信息的各人自行脑补
政治话语并不是一个太新的东西，新的是政治话语正在被越来越广泛地关注
It is through an effective public language that average citizens can both understand and contribute to public questions. It is for this reason that, in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, rhetoric was regarded as a higher art-form than poetry.
对语言的研究和了解更加深入
政治复杂化均衡化，新媒体出现的影响
语言的筛选也有达尔文主义的过程
不知道为啥看完这个突然想安利《Akeelah and the Bee（阿基拉和拼字比赛）》，故事有趣励志打鸡血。教授曾给女主说过一句话——
The people we are studying: DuBois, Dr. King, JFK, these people used words to change the world.