Profile Variables Discussed in Each Study
Profile Variables Discussed in Each Study
The following list enumerates the profile variables discussed in each study of the book. The descriptions of individual profiles are listed on Rhetorical Profiles. Definitions of Docuscope variables can be found at DocuScope Variables.
The boldface rhetorical variables are core variables, and the italics ones are the non-core variables
Study One (Clinton in Governing)
Component One
Information academic, public, negative valence (emotions, relations, values)
Involvement first person, interactivity, reasoning, positive valence (emotions, relations, values)
Component Two
Division negative valence (emotions, relations), contingent, personal, forceful
Unity positive valence (emotions, relations, values), persons
Component Three
Information academic, public, future, strategic
Narrative narrative, past, persons, positive valence (emotions)
Study Two (Clinton vs. Obama— 2008)
Component One
Involvement interactivity, first person, positive valence (emotion, relations)
Information academic, public, strategic, negative valence (emotions, values)
Component Two
Narrative narrative, past, personal, negative valence (relations)
Hybrid Information-Involvement academic, public, interactive
Component Three
Narrative narrative, future, interactivity
Litigator forcefulness, past, first person
Study Three: (Clinton vs Sanders—2016)
Component One
Involvement first person, interactivity, reasoning
Information academic, public, negative valence (emotions, values)
Component Two
Narrative. narrative, past, persons
Division negative valence (emotions, relations, values), future, positive valence (relations)
Component Three
Unity positive valence (emotions, relations, values), public
Division negative valence (emotions, relations, values), personal, persons
Study Four (Clinton vs. Trump—2016)
Component One
Involvement first person, reasoning, privy/personal
Information public, future, negative valence (values)
Component Two
Unity positive valences (emotion, relations, values)
Involvement interactivity, negative valences (emotion, relations, values)
Component Three
Information academic, strategic, contingency
Involvement interactivity, positive valence (relations), forceful, emotional surprise
Study Five (Clinton vs Women --- 2020)
Component One
Information academic, public, reporting
Involvement first person, interactivity, reasoning, negative valence (emotions)
Component Two
Hybrid Information-Involvement academic, interactivity
Unity positive valence (relations, values), persons
Component Three
Hybrid Information-Involvement academic, interactivity, persons
Division negative valence (relations), public, first person, positive valence (relations)
Study Six (Clinton in governing vs. Clinton in campaigning)
Component One
Information academic, public
Involvement first person, interactivity, reasoning
Study Seven (Clinton vs. opponents)
Component One
Information academic, public
Involvement first person, interactivity, reasoning
Study Eight (Clinton in Campaigning)
Component One
Involvement first person, interactivity, reasoning, future
Information academic, public, negative valence (emotions, values)
Component Two
Division negative valence (emotions, values), contingent, personal, forceful
Unity positive valence (emotion, relations), first person, future
Acknowledgment to Nicholas Langel (Williams College 23') for his contribution in helping create some of the web applications at the initial stage of this project.