Rhetoric and Power: The Dark Side of Persuasion
The Class The Professor The Truth The Power The Books The Website You?
Assignments Bibliography Definitions
Enter the Dark Side
Dark Practices Sometimes Persuasion is Just Permission Exploit Cognitive Biases Encourage Faith Based Reasoning Isolate Your Target Build Yourself Up Keep Everyone Else Down Find Your Next Victim Create a Cover Story Create Submission and Dependence Confession, Contrition, and Blackmail Create the Illusion of Free Will Propaganda and PR: Instagram the shit out of reality Play Language Games Name and Rename Create a Parlance Antidotes
The Secret Recipe Red Flags
Resources Techniques


About the Professor

George Pullman

George Pullman teaches people how to write effectively and think critically. He has been a member of the English Department at GSU since 1990. His scholarly interests are bicameral, focusing on both classical and digital rhetoric.

Below are links to books he co-edited or wrote. If you are interested, here is a link to his vita.

Website / Vita / gpullman@gsu.edu