Justin Eckstein
List of John Benjamins publications for which Justin Eckstein plays a role.
Articles
2023
Yellow Rain: Radiolab and the acoustics of strategic maneuvering Argumentation in the Media, Hicks, Darrin (ed.), pp. 35–56 | Article
2014 The critically acclaimed WNYC program Radiolab found itself embroiled in a controversy for its recent podcast segment “Yellow Rain.” The intent of the segment was to indict the Reagan administration’s dubious pretenses for labeling yellow rain a chemical weapon. But Radiolab’s interview with… read more
Chapter 19. Higher-order strategic maneuvering by shifting standards of reasonableness in cold-war editorial argumentation Exploring Argumentative Contexts, Eemeren, Frans H. van and Bart Garssen (eds.), pp. 321–340 | Article
2012 A content analysis of the New York Times editorial page shows that political reasonableness can be defined in several, sometimes competing, ways. These meanings can be summarized as prudence, soundness, equity and social cooperation. At the heart of many of the extended political controversies the… read more