Artifacts

According to Foss (2009), "the objects of study in rhetorical criticism are symbolic acts and artifacts. . . . Because an act tends to be fleeting and ephemeral, making its analysis difficult, many rhetorical critics prefer to study the artifact of an act - the text, trace, or tangible evidence of the act" (p. 6). Below is a place to compile a list of possible artifacts for analysis.

[Feel free to add to this list, both in terms of specific artifacts and by adding or re-organizing the categories, as appropriate.]

__Speeches__ __Songs__
 * Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"

__Visual Artifacts__
 * Photograph of Tibetan exile setting himself on fire:
 * http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/03/tibetan-exile-sets-himself-fire-during-protest-india/50307/

__Buildings__

__Memorials/Statues__

__Public Art__

__Online Artifacts__
 * Yelp reviews of ethnic restaurants
 * Angelina Jolie's leg meme