Gross – Starring the Text: The Place of Rhetoric in Science Studies

Gross, Alan G. Starring the Text : The Place of Rhetoric in Science Studies. Southern Illinois University Press, 2006. Print. Part One: The Case for the Rhetorical Analysis of Science Chapter One: The Achievements of Rhetoric of Science In the preface Gross is careful to distinguish between rhetoric as metadiscipline and rhetoric as a tool to consider the epistemology of science: rhetoric isn’t the master discipline; rather,... Read More

Gurak & Silker – Technical Communication Research in Cyberspace

Gurak, Laura J., and Christine M. Silker. “Technical Communication Research in Cyberspace.” Research in Technical Communication. Eds. Gurak, Laura J. and Mary M. Lay. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. 229-48. Print. G/S highlight that traditional research methodologies don’t have a lot to say about research of electronic environments.  Issues such as corpa selection, participant consent, and tensions b/n private and public (or the collapse... Read More

Berkenkotter – Analyzing Everyday Texts in Organizational Settings

Berkenkotter, Carol A. “Analyzing Everyday Texts in Organizational Settings.” Research in Technical Communication. Eds. Gurak, Laura J. and Mary M. Lay. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. 47-66. Print. At its core, this article is about research methods.  Specifically, B. wants to take up qualitative research methods that arise out of an empirical tradition.  Calling this method “textual analysis”, she hopes to sketch how Writing... Read More

CCR691 – Week Four – Rhetorical Analysis

Richard Leo Enos Rhetoric Review, Vol. 25. No. 4, 357-87 This piece is a collection of reflections by noted rhetoric scholars on the development of rhetorical analysis.  In the general sense, most of the writers situate their understanding of the genesis of the field in terms of the following authors:  Wichelns, Black, Bitzer, and the explosion of authors during the social reclamation efforts of the 80s and 90s.  To move forward, I’ll highlight... Read More