concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: invitational rhetoric

feminist orientations
type: Concept
narrower: invitational rhetoric

interpersonal concepts
type: Concept
narrower: invitational rhetoric

invitational rhetoric
type: Concept
broader: social-interactional orientations
broader: rhetorical orientations
broader: interpersonal concepts
broader: feminist orientations
definition: Invitational rhetoric, developed by Sonja K. Foss and Cindy L. Griffin in 1995, is an alternative to the traditional conception of rhetoric as persuasion. Invitational rhetoric is defined as an invitation to understanding as a means to create a relationship rooted in equality, immanent value, and self-determination. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Invitational Rhetoric]

rhetorical orientations
type: Concept
narrower: invitational rhetoric

social-interactional orientations
type: Concept
narrower: invitational rhetoric