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Publication details [#49886]

Woodstock, Louise. 2007. Think About It: The Misbegotten Promise of Positive Thinking Discourse. Journal of Communication Inquiry 31 (2) : 166–189.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative efficiency | discourse | popular culture | self-correction | thinking

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Exploring the development of positive thinking messages in self-help literature discourse from 1880 onwards, this paper puts positive thinking within the wider belief system of communication as cure-all, a simplistic communication concept pervading popular culture.