| Presidential debates: The challenge of creating an informed electorate KH Jamieson, DS Birdsell Oxford University Press, USA, 1990 | 504 | 1990 |
| Toward a theory of visual argument DS Birdsell, L Groarke Argumentation and advocacy 33 (1), 1-10, 1996 | 438 | 1996 |
| Outlines of a theory of visual argument DS Birdsell, L Groarke Argumentation and advocacy 43 (3-4), 103-113, 2007 | 200 | 2007 |
| Ronald Reagan on Lebanon and Grenada: Flexibility and interpretation in the application of Kenneth Burke's pentad DS Birdsell Quarterly Journal of Speech 73 (3), 267-279, 1987 | 149 | 1987 |
| White paper on televised political campaign debates Racine Group Argumentation and Advocacy 38 (4), 199-218, 2002 | 48 | 2002 |
| Web users are looking more like America D Birdsell, D Muzzio, D Krane, A Cottreau The public perspective 9 (3), 33-35, 1998 | 36 | 1998 |
| TQWARD A THEORY CF VISUAL ARGUMENT DS Birdsell, L Groarke Argumentation and Advocacy 33, 1, 1996 | 32 | 1996 |
| Kenneth Burke at the nexus of argument and trope DS Birdsell Argumentation and Advocacy 29 (4), 178-185, 1993 | 26 | 1993 |
| Political campaign debates DS Birdsell The Oxford handbook of political communication, 165-178, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| George W. Bush's signing statements: The assault on deliberation DS Birdsell Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 335-360, 2007 | 21 | 2007 |
| The next leaders: UWNYC grantee leadership development and succession management needs DS Birdsell, D Muzzio New York: United Way 2, 6, 2003 | 18 | 2003 |
| A new political marketplace: The web snares voters DS Birdsell, D Muzzio, H Taylor, D Krane The Public Perspective 7 (4), 33-35, 1996 | 16 | 1996 |
| Government programs involving citizen access to Internet services DS Birdsell, D Muzzio Markel Foundation, 1999 | 7 | 1999 |
| The 1996 net voter D Muzzio, D Birdsell Public Perspective: A Roper Center Review of Public Opinion and Polling 8, 42-43, 1997 | 5 | 1997 |
| What should debates be? Standards of public discourse D Birdsell Presidential Campaigns and American Self Images, 128-142, 2019 | 4 | 2019 |
| Special issue: Presidential debating beyond the debate analogy D Birdsell Argumentation and Advocacy 27 (3), 97-99, 1991 | 4 | 1991 |
| 17 Million American Adults Use World Wide Web D Birdsell, D Muzzio, H Taylor The Harris Poll 11, 15, 1996 | 2 | 1996 |
| Lines of argument for policy debate C Winkler, W Newnam, DS Birdsell (No Title), 1993 | 2 | 1993 |
| A COORDINATED APPROACH TO THE MASTER TROPES (METONYMY, IRONY, METAPHOR, CRITICISM, SYNECDOCHE) DS Birdsell University of Maryland, College Park, 1986 | 2 | 1986 |
| The Woman's Christian Temperance Union: a study in rhetorical consistency DS Birdsell University of Virginia, 1981 | 1 | 1981 |
