Book Review| March 01 2015 The Teleological Discourse of Barack Obama The Teleological Discourse of Barack Obama. By Richard W. Leeman. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012; pp. vii + 275. $75.00 cloth. Derek Sweet Derek Sweet Luther College Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 181–184. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0181 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Derek Sweet; The Teleological Discourse of Barack Obama. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2015; 18 (1): 181–184. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0181 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2015 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Review Article| March 01 2015 Bad Feelings in Public: Rhetoric, Affect, and Emotion Depression: A Public Feeling. By Ann Cvetkovich. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012; pp. xi + 278. $84.95 cloth; $23.95 paper.Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument: Beyond the Trope of the Angry Feminist. By Barbara Tomlinson. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2010; pp. viii + 279. $79.50 cloth; $30.95 paper.The Promise of Happiness. By Sara Ahmed. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010; pp. x + 315. $89.95 cloth; $24.95 paper. Erin J. Rand Erin J. Rand Erin J. Rand is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University in New York. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 161–176. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0161 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Erin J. Rand; Bad Feelings in Public: Rhetoric, Affect, and Emotion. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2015; 18 (1): 161–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0161 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2015 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| March 01 2015 Lincoln: The “Double Consciousness” of the Man and the President Shawn J. Parry-Giles; Shawn J. Parry-Giles Shawn J. Parry-Giles is Professor of Rhetoric and Political Culture in the Department of Communication and Director of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland in College Park. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google David S. Kaufer David S. Kaufer David S. Kaufer is Professor of Rhetoric in the Department of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The authors would like to thank Dr. Charles E. Morris III for his insightful feedback on the essay. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 147–154. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0147 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Shawn J. Parry-Giles, David S. Kaufer; Lincoln: The “Double Consciousness” of the Man and the President. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2015; 18 (1): 147–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0147 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2015 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| March 01 2015 Lincoln’s Queer Hands Charles E. Morris, III Charles E. Morris, III Charles E. Morris III is Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University in New York, and Co-Editor of QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking. Many thanks to the students in my fall 2013 seminar, “Lincoln’s Rhetorical Worlds,” for their smart and lively conversation and inspiration. As always, Scott Rose makes this and all my labors of love possible. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 135–140. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0135 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Charles E. Morris; Lincoln’s Queer Hands. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2015; 18 (1): 135–140. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0135 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2015 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| February 01 2015 Addresses of Contributors to This Issue Rhetorica (2015) 33 (1): 108–109. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.108 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Addresses of Contributors to This Issue. Rhetorica 1 February 2015; 33 (1): 108–109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.108 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2015 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| February 01 2015 Review: L'arte dell'autoelogio. Studio sull'orazione 28 K di Elio Aristide, con testo, traduzione e commento, by Lorenzo Miletti Lorenzo Miletti, L'arte dell'autoelogio. Studio sull'orazione 28 K di Elio Aristide, con testo, traduzione e commento, Pisa: ETS. 238 pp. ISBN 978-88-467-2960-6 Elisabetta Berardi Elisabetta Berardi Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Torino, via sant'Ottavio 20, 10124 Torino, ITALY. elisabetta.berardi@unito.it Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (2015) 33 (1): 97–100. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.97 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Elisabetta Berardi; Review: L'arte dell'autoelogio. Studio sull'orazione 28 K di Elio Aristide, con testo, traduzione e commento, by Lorenzo Miletti. Rhetorica 1 February 2015; 33 (1): 97–100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.97 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2015 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| February 01 2015 Review: Voir la philosophie. Les représentations de la philosophie à Rome. Rhétorique et philosophie de Cicéron à Marc Aurèle (Études anciennes, série latine 71), by Juliette Dross Juliette Dross, Voir la philosophie. Les représentations de la philosophie à Rome. Rhétorique et philosophie de Cicéron à Marc Aurèle (Études anciennes, série latine 71), Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2010. 413 pp., ISBN 978-2-251-32883-6 Sabine Luciani Sabine Luciani Textes et documents de la Méditerranée antique etmédiévale, Aix-Marseille Université, Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, 5, rue du château de l'horloge, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, FRANCE. sabine.luciani@sfr.fr Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (2015) 33 (1): 100–103. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.100 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sabine Luciani; Review: Voir la philosophie. Les représentations de la philosophie à Rome. Rhétorique et philosophie de Cicéron à Marc Aurèle (Études anciennes, série latine 71), by Juliette Dross. Rhetorica 1 February 2015; 33 (1): 100–103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.100 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2015 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| February 01 2015 Review: L'image tragique de l'Histoire chez Tacite – Étude des schèmes tragiques dans les Histoires et les, by Fabrice Galtier Fabrice Galtier, L'image tragique de l'Histoire chez Tacite – Étude des schèmes tragiques dans les Histoires et lesAnnales, Bruxelles: Latomus (vol. 333), 2011, 344 pages. ISBN: 978-2-87031-274-2 Paul M. Martin Paul M. Martin Université de Montpellier-III, 34A rue du puits Mariette, 85330 Noirmoutier-en-l'île, FRANCE. paul.martin3@wanadoo.fr Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (2015) 33 (1): 103–106. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.103 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Paul M. Martin; Review: L'image tragique de l'Histoire chez Tacite – Étude des schèmes tragiques dans les Histoires et les, by Fabrice Galtier. Rhetorica 1 February 2015; 33 (1): 103–106. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2015.33.1.103 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2015 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

This study examines an ethnographically-collected set of social media posts from 5 applications in order to understand the rhetorical functions of something we call "metacommunicative" hashtags (e.g., #PackersGottaWinThisOne, #thisweddingisawesome). Through a process of inductive analysis, we identified recurring genre functions that are both context-specific to applications' ecologies and, at the same time, "stabilized enough" (Schryer, 1993, p. 204) to warrant the use of rhetorical genre theory as a tool for understanding their communicative purposes

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AbstractYouTube allows activists to broadcast their missions and engage global audiences. “Mother’s Day for Peace,” a 2007 video, features American actresses who recite Julia Ward Howe’s radical 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation and describe their personal thoughts on mothering. Analyzing this video with transnational rhetoric and disability rhetoric frameworks not only illuminates the persuasive possibilities and drawbacks for the video’s normative feminine gender performance and the spectacle of a war-injured Iraqi girl but also models an approach that prompts rhetoricians to examine larger rhetorical concerns revealed by the intersections of disability, race, gender, and globalization. Notes1 I am greatly indebted to RR peer reviewers Anne Demo, who helped me sharpen my focus, and Jay Dolmage, who both illuminated the broader implications of my analysis and introduced me to Meekosha’s invaluable work. Cindy Lewiecki-Wilson, Maggie LaWare, and Jason Palmeri also provided feedback that benefited my analysis during earlier stages of this project.2 Led by President Robert Greenwald, BNF produces film projects with activist causes, addressing such issues as improving US worker safety, ending petroleum drilling, revealing the power of billionaire Koch brothers, and uncovering US military spending. Greenwald has directed and produced numerous short films with his company Brave New Films, including exposés of Fox News, Walmart, and more. BNF’s activist videos clearly showcase their intention to inspire and create change toward progressive causes.3 For the description I draw on here, see http://archive.is/0RFII. For NMV’s updated website, see http://www.nomorevictims.org/newsite/about/.4 According to holiday historian Jones, Mother’s Day has facilitated a variety of political and social action. For example, in 1933 President Roosevelt issued a proclamation on Mother’s Day that called attention to mothers and children living in poverty (216), and in 1968 Coretta Scott King led a Mother’s Day march to support poor children and their mothers (217). Regarding peace-related political action, a “Mother’s Peace Day” parade was held in 1938, and decades later in the 1980s, Helen Caldicott founded the Women’s Party for Survival, organized against nuclear arms and proliferation. The Party led demonstrations on Mother’s Day. Most recently, on May 2, 2012, supermodel Christy Turlington’s organization, Every Mother Counts, which focuses on maternal mortality, uploaded the video, “No Mothers Day,” prompting mothers to be silent and “disappear” on Mother’s Day in order to “help raise awareness about the hundreds of thousands of women who die each year from complications during pregnancy or childbirth” (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0w669fZBH8).5 Established in 2002, CodePink (http://www.codepink4peace.org/) identifies itself as a grassroots peace and social justice organization. While not exclusively, its approaches and strategies are women-initiated, women-led, and often based on traditionally feminine tropes such as the color pink.6 Attending to the massive influence of Mother’s Day as a major cultural event in the US is beyond the confines of this article, but I encourage readers to look out for activist events that coincide with the holiday.7 This photograph can be viewed online: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2005018835/.8 Widely available online, the full document can be read at CodePink’s website: http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=217.9 As of this writing, the site includes broken links and brief information on 2010’s International Women’s Day, another example of a lack of using YouTube’s ability to maintain a presence and further the ongoing discourse regarding Mother’s Day’s potential for antiwar activism.Additional informationNotes on contributorsAbby M. DubisarAbby M. Dubisar is an assistant professor of English and affiliate faculty member in women’s and gender studies at Iowa State University, where she teaches classes on women’s/feminist rhetoric, gender and communication, and popular culture analysis. Her research analyzes the rhetorical strategies of women peace activists in a wide variety of contexts, from archival holdings to YouTube.

The renewed interest in personal essays in composition complicates the contested, tricky personal identity negotiations for students and faculty in first-year writing, particularly in manifestations and representations of the body in both the classroom and writing spaces. This is especially complex for minority subjects, including queer students and faculty. Such collections as The Teacher’s Body (edited by Freedman and Holmes) and Professions of Desire (edited by Haggerty and Zimmerman) explore the pedagogical underpinnings of the body, and Ellis Hanson’s essay in the Gay Shame collection (2009) further complicates and interrogates the ways queer bodies are represented and problematized in the classroom. This article explores our own experiences in first-year writing: as students within a mind/body binary exploring through the scaffolding of composition, and as faculty who are increasingly exposed through our body projections in the classroom and depictions of our body and sexuality in an increasingly savvy media in which Google, Facebook, and social networking sites create matrices of identifications and disidentifications that inform our classroom experiences. The article traces the ways our bodies are aligned with cultural norms, and the ways that first-year writing complicates, contests, reifies, or disrupts these norms—for both students and faculty.

Pinterest has generally been characterized as a women's space, and this characterization is influential on not only users' experiences of the site but also how rhetoric happens in this space. Exploring how rhetoric happens in this social media space can exemplify the everyday public rhetoric that shapes the composing practices and civic engagements of digital citizens who use Pinterest and other social media sites.

I consider the “when” of rhetorical literacies by exploring individual and aggregate posts in the popular photo-sharing service Instagram as meaningful pivot points along broader continua of literate activity. In this way, social media participation is seen as a nexus and fulcrum from which scholars and students of writing and digital rhetorics may trace literate activity both backwards and forwards—to see social media as one public component in a host of self-sponsored writing and rhetorical practices.

By making these moves more visible through this type of analysis, I explain why this kind of social web participation is a significant site of study for digital rhetoric, one that can help expand how we teach social media writing practices to our students. These are students who may very well already be participating in similar fandoms and spaces and entering careers where they will be responsible for responding to these issues and setting policies for producers, consumers, crafters, and participants.

[M]y goal is not to attempt to show uniqueness in fan tweets; even those that might be considered run-of-the-mill fan-type writings that express fan-type adoration are important and meaningful. Rather, I present composing practices as suggested by a grounded theory approach so fan writing on Twitter may begin to be understood on its own terms and not through pre-conceived (and often incorrect) notions about fans, fan writing, and writing on Twitter.

[F]or composition teachers who hope to utilize social media to support student writing, recognition of the rhetorical potential of students’ use of multiple social sites—as active users of not just Facebook, but also Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, and others—emerges as a necessary prerequisite to meeting student expertise in rhetoric.

This study examined the impact of using a multiliteracies pedagogy and the social networking site (SNS), Ning, to help 6th grade English language learners (ELLs) develop their writer identities, with the purpose of increasing the students’ confidence, sense of self, and language and literacy skills. To this end, we were interested in whether and how the development of a writer identity and an increase in social presence on the Ning would translate into face-to-face connections in the physical classroom and an induction into the academic learning community – a space in which the students may have previously felt intimidated. In doing this, we employed a qualitative case study analysis to investigate the experiences of two ELLs at an elementary school in Toronto, Canada. Our study found that incorporating multimodal tools and an SNS allowed the students to more freely express themselves; to share their work and their personalities with peers, which made the writing assignments more meaningful and engaging; and provided a platform for students to negotiate their values and beliefs. Ultimately, the increased interactions with peers online and the development of this new English-language literate identity translated into the development of students’ individual voices, a sense of ownership of English, and an increased social presence in the classroom.

Background: Online, informative videos are a popular genre of technical communication but little information is available for instructors to integrate the genre into technical communication courses. Research questions: (1) What are the logistics, considerations, and problems encountered when assigning authentic informative videos in introductory technical writing service courses? (2) Is an authentic informative video project in introductory technical writing service courses an effective learning assignment from the students' perspectives? Situating the case: Video has been discussed in technical communication literature since the 1970s and our discussion of video parallels technology development making video production and viewing possible for mainstream consumers. Recently, a revitalization of interest in video (particularly since 2012) reflects widespread adoption of smart phones with video recording capabilities, preinstalled and relatively simple video production applications on computers, video-sharing websites (YouTube), and high-speed internet connections enabling rapid video downloads by viewers. Yet, low-cost and easy-to-use communication technologies are often associated with the idiosyncratic application of design features and often do not transfer into effective communication. We often claim that technical communication programs are well situated to take a “leadership role” in mastering a new communication technology but our instruction of video has not kept pace with the rapidly evolving technology nor is it necessarily consistent with our own research findings. How this case was studied: In this experience report, I took a teacher-researcher role and triangulated my personal observations with a student-perception questionnaire and other student reflections on the assignment. About the case: The informative video project was used in a junior-level, introductory technical communication service course. The informative video assignment was an experiential learning assignment in which students worked in small teams to develop “real-world” communications for a peer audience. The learning objectives emphasized in the project include genre analysis, audience analysis, scriptwriting, visual-verbal communication, video production and technology, and project management and teamwork. Results: The logistics and considerations for developing informative videos in technical communication courses are discussed and student feedback reveals that this assignment was particularly useful for teaching audience analysis, technology skills, verbal-visual synergy of communication channels, and teamwork. Conclusions: Informative videos are a challenging project but offer a unique opportunity to examine audience analysis and teach verbal-visual parallelism. Furthermore, the equipment and production software are no longer barriers to assigning the project in technical communication courses.

Organizations are increasingly using social media to improve their internal communication. When successfully implemented, such initiatives can have a dramatic impact on internal efficiency, team collaboration, innovation, organizational alignment, and cultural transformation. This article describes a course offered by the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, on the use of social media for internal business communication that can be modified for Bachelor of Business Administration or Master of Business Administration students. The authors describe the pedagogy behind the course design, provide a course description, and discuss social media/communication consulting projects conducted in the class.

Research Article| December 01 2014 Weapons and Words: Rhetorical Studies of the Gabrielle Giffords Shootings Thomas A. Hollihan; Thomas A. Hollihan Thomas A. Hollihan is Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Francesca Marie Smith Francesca Marie Smith Francesca Marie Smith is a doctoral candidate and Provost's Fellow at the USC Annenberg School. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (4): 577–584. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.4.0577 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Thomas A. Hollihan, Francesca Marie Smith; Weapons and Words: Rhetorical Studies of the Gabrielle Giffords Shootings. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2014; 17 (4): 577–584. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.4.0577 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| December 01 2014 After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War. By Douglas L. Kriner. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2010; pp. 322. $97.00 cloth; $32.00 paper. Matthew C. Pitchford Matthew C. Pitchford University of Illinois, Urbana Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (4): 757–760. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.4.0757 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Matthew C. Pitchford; After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2014; 17 (4): 757–760. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.4.0757 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Dear Colleagues:I am writing this letter amidst the splendor of a New England fall, a time of year marked by transition from a leafy and robust spring and summer to the inevitable, if brilliant, decline preceding the coming of winter. This fall feels different, however. The loss that fall signifies seems deeper this year, its reach extending back to early summer. I'm referring to the passing of our beloved and inspiring NCTE Executive Director, colleague and friend Kent Williamson. Those who were fortunate to have known and worked with Kent can attest to his singular qualities. A visionary with a clear grasp of the here-and-now, Kent, like no other leader that I've known, saw the Big Picture-he was the best strategic thinker that I've seen-while recognizing the importance of paying attention to the details. He also had the gift of leading while making it seem as if WE were initiating. In other words, Kent was a first-rate listener and believed with his heart and soul that no group can thrive without the full engagement and collaboration of its members. In his memory and with his spirit, the CCCC Officers and NCTE staff will attempt to carry on Kent's work to the best of our abilities. I know that he would expect no less. Now onto my report. . . .FinancesThis organization continued to make investment gains ($216,922) even as it went $120,411 over budget on operations. We ran a genuine loss last year, as spending exceeded income from operations. In FY15 there were a few areas that led to the loss. Membership dues, as an example, are declining. Feedback on the work of the organization was positive, but many could get all they need from CCCC without being members. In the end, we were $13,938 below projections on membership dues.Ultimately, we need to focus more on strategic items based on our vision. We have $2.29 million in the contingency fund, but spending it wisely requires careful planning and making choices.Activities for FY16:* In addition to extending our substantial investment in access and equity ($32,829 for the PEP program to provide registration/support to contingent and adjunct faculty who need help to attend the CCCC Convention), we earmarked up to $3,000 of spending to match funds raised from the membership to provide a CCCC Contingent Faculty Travel Assistance Fund for convention attendance, and $3,000 to support the Chair's Scholarship Fund.* Now that the 5% amount from our contingency reserve is over $120,000, the FY16 budget splits that amount between research grants selected through an open application project (at least $100,000), and the cost of developing a database of graduate and undergraduate writing programs. This makes our investment in member research larger than it has been any year except for FY15, while also providing funds to build a renewable resource of benefit to students, faculty, and program administrators alike.* We included videotaping of member interviews and advocacy training across the convention.* We again provided $8,000 in funding to support a CCCC Policy Fellow position. This person has been working with our DC office to help coordinate follow-through actions in support of reports filed by our new state-based network of higher education policy analysts, and has provided research summaries and expert testimony/insights drawn from professional practice on public policy issues of concern to our organization. The funding provides a small honorarium ($3,000) and travel fund ($5,000) to help support these activities. The CCCC Policy Fellow is selected by the CCCC Chair and Secretary-Treasurer.* Under publications, we extended a third year of funding to support a CCCC Social Media Coordinator. This person works with staff as an independent contractor to both produce online events/discussions of interest to CCCC members (on the Connected Community and across other online social media platforms as well), and to more readily connect members to each other in social media contexts. …

Book Review| November 01 2014 Review: Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals, Samuel McCormick Samuel McCormick, Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011. 197 pp. ISBN (Hardcover) 978-0-271-05073-7 Rhetorica (2014) 32 (4): 414–417. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.414 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Review: Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals, Samuel McCormick. Rhetorica 1 November 2014; 32 (4): 414–417. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.414 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| November 01 2014 Review: Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late Republic, by Peter White Peter White. Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late Republic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 256 pp. Hardcover: $60. Paperback: $29.95. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-538851-0. Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2010. Rhetorica (2014) 32 (4): 412–414. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.412 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Review: Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late Republic, by Peter White. Rhetorica 1 November 2014; 32 (4): 412–414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.412 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| November 01 2014 Addresses of Contributors to This Issue Rhetorica (2014) 32 (4): 429–430. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.429 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Addresses of Contributors to This Issue. Rhetorica 1 November 2014; 32 (4): 429–430. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.429 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| November 01 2014 Index to Volume 32 (2014) Rhetorica (2014) 32 (4): 424–428. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.424 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Index to Volume 32 (2014). Rhetorica 1 November 2014; 32 (4): 424–428. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.424 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Review Article| October 01 2014 A Cognitive Route to Social Justice: Mark Bracher’s Radical Pedagogies Literature and Social Justice: Protest Novels, Cognitive Politics, and Schema Criticism. By Bracher, Mark. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. Eric Leake Eric Leake Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2014) 14 (3): 553–559. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2715850 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Eric Leake; A Cognitive Route to Social Justice: Mark Bracher’s Radical Pedagogies. Pedagogy 1 October 2014; 14 (3): 553–559. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2715850 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Eric Leake2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Review Article| October 01 2014 What We Value but Cannot Name The Centrality of Style. Edited by Duncan, Mike and Vanguri, Star Medzerian. Fort Collins, Colorado: WAC Clearinghouse/Parlor Press, 2013. Gretchen L. Dietz Gretchen L. Dietz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2014) 14 (3): 569–575. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2716963 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Gretchen L. Dietz; What We Value but Cannot Name. Pedagogy 1 October 2014; 14 (3): 569–575. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2716963 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Duke University Press2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Review Article| October 01 2014 The Multimodal Turn in Higher Education: On Teaching, Assessing, Valuing Multiliteracies Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres. Edited by Bowen, Tracey and Whithaus, Carl. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. Lauri Bohanan Goodling Lauri Bohanan Goodling Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2014) 14 (3): 561–568. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2715859 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lauri Bohanan Goodling; The Multimodal Turn in Higher Education: On Teaching, Assessing, Valuing Multiliteracies. Pedagogy 1 October 2014; 14 (3): 561–568. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2715859 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Lauri Bohanan Goodling2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| October 01 2014 Contributors Pedagogy (2014) 14 (3): 577–579. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2716945 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Contributors. Pedagogy 1 October 2014; 14 (3): 577–579. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2716945 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Duke University Press2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Contributors You do not currently have access to this content.

Reviews Peter White. Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late Repub­ lic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 256 pp. Hardcover: $60. Paperback: $29.95. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-538851-0. Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2010. Cicero in Letters is a major landmark in the study of Ciceronian letters, and a book that belongs in the personal libraries of all scholars interested in the fields of Cicero and ancient letters. Building on and extending the seminal work of D. R. Shackleton Bailey, Peter White meticulously analyzes the massive corpus of extant Ciceronian letters, focusing on how the letters function as a form of social media, as it were, constructing and maintaining Cicero's personal networks. Although White engages to a certain degree with sociolinguistic method, the general approach of the book is philological, concerned primarily with close reading of individual letters, analysis of the editorial process that gave form to the extant collect, prosopography, and historical reconstruction of letters' functions as part of the reciprocity systems embedded in elite Roman networks of amicitia. Cicero in Letters, available in hardcover, softcover and electronic ver­ sions, consists of a preface, six chapters, an afterword, two appendices, notes, bibliography and indices. The main body of the book is divided into two major parts. "Part I: Reading the Letters from the Outside In" (83 pages) con­ sists of three chapters focusing on the form and context of Cicero's letters, "1. Constraints and Biases in Roman Letter Writing," "2. The Editing of the Collection," and "3. Frames of the Letter." Next is "Part II: Epistolary Preoc­ cupations" (76 pages), comprised of three chapters emphasizing the content of the letters, "4. The Letters and Literature," "5. Giving and Getting Advice by Letter," and "6. Letter Writing and Leadership." The organization of the book is thematic rather than strictly analytical, and the approach, despite meticulous scholarship, more exploratory and essayistic than scientific or argumentative. All Ciceronian passages are quoted both in Latin and in the author's own translations. The translations are generally accurate and read­ able, and the writing style of both White's text and translations is accessible to the non-specialist. The first chapter, "Reading the Letters from the Outside In," sets letter writing within its social and generic context. It exemplifies ways in which Rhetorica, Vol. XXXII, Issue 4, pp. 0-430, ISSN 0734-8584, electronic ISSN 15338541 . ©2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights re­ served. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions website, at http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintlnfo.asp. DOI: 10.1525/RH.2014.32.4.0. Reviews 413 the study of Latin letters differs radically from that of Greek. Biblical schol­ ars, especially, and a smaller group of rhetorical scholars, have produced exhaustive studies of the form and context of Greek letters, including the lo­ gistics of letter production and delivery and the relationships among letters, letter-theory and rhetorical theory, but as much ancient epistolary scholar­ ship is concerned with the Pauline epistles, less work has been devoted to Latin letters than Greek, and what work does exist is more focused on seeing letters as a lens through which to examine literature, history or politics rather than studying epistolographv for its own sake. White's work, following this general trend, displays particular strengths in analyzing how Cicero's letters responded to the problem of maintaining political influence and networks at a distance. While White's first chapter does a workmanlike job of dis­ cussing issues of letter transmission and production, and such issues as the importance of the presence formula, the discussion is presented somewhat in a vacuum, approaching, for example, the philophronetic nature of an­ cient epistolographv as a point to be proven rather than as position that has been widely accepted in the study in ancient letters since Deissman (1910, 1911) and Koskenniemi (1956). White's treatment of how Cicero in­ flects these common practices is detailed and meticulous, albeit scholars of ancient letter-writing may find frustrating the lack of comparative material or responsiveness to existing scholarship on ancient letters (e...

This nationwide study of 169 business communication instructors examines the following issues: (a) ideal and actual class sizes in business communication courses, (b) delivery modes of business communication courses, (c) types of written and oral assignments, and (d) topics covered and depth of coverage. Findings suggest that business communication course offerings are growing on the national stage. The vast majority of class sizes have stayed the same or gotten smaller. One significant change over the past 5 years is the increased focus on interpersonal communication and teamwork. While some courses offer significant coverage of social media, the majority does not.

Book Review| September 01 2014 Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks. Edited by Thomas Patin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012; pp. xxvi + 296. $82.50 cloth, $27.50 paper. Joshua Trey Barnett Joshua Trey Barnett Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (3): 568–571. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0568 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Joshua Trey Barnett; Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2014; 17 (3): 568–571. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0568 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2014 Hearing the Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, & Politics of the New Negro Movement Hearing the Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, & Politics of the New Negro Movement. By Eric King Watts. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012; pp. vix + 246. $39.95 cloth. Mark Lawrence McPhail Mark Lawrence McPhail University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (3): 548–553. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0548 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Mark Lawrence McPhail; Hearing the Hurt: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, & Politics of the New Negro Movement. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2014; 17 (3): 548–553. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0548 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2014 Spiritual Modalities: Prayer as Rhetoric and Performance Spiritual Modalities: Prayer as Rhetoric and Performance. By William Fitzgerald. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012; pp. 158. $54.95 cloth. Philip Perdue Philip Perdue Indiana University Bloomington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (3): 561–565. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0561 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Philip Perdue; Spiritual Modalities: Prayer as Rhetoric and Performance. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2014; 17 (3): 561–565. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0561 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2014 Cold War Progressives: Women’s Interracial Organizing for Peace and Freedom Cold War Progressives: Women’s Interracial Organizing for Peace and Freedom. By Jacqueline Castledine. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012; pp. 1 + 210. $45.00 cloth. Angela M. McGowan Angela M. McGowan University of Southern Mississippi Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (3): 558–561. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0558 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Angela M. McGowan; Cold War Progressives: Women’s Interracial Organizing for Peace and Freedom. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2014; 17 (3): 558–561. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0558 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2014 Militant Citizenship: Rhetorical Strategies of the National Woman’s Party, 1913–1920 Militant Citizenship: Rhetorical Strategies of the National Woman’s Party, 1913–1920. By Belinda A. Stillion Southard. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2011; pp. ix + 303. $45.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. Megan G. Bernard Megan G. Bernard Roosevelt University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (3): 544–548. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0544 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Megan G. Bernard; Militant Citizenship: Rhetorical Strategies of the National Woman’s Party, 1913–1920. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2014; 17 (3): 544–548. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0544 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2014 The Good Neighbor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of American Power The Good Neighbor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of American Power. By Mary E. Stuckey. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2013; pp vii + 300. $59.95 cloth. Allison M. Prasch Allison M. Prasch University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2014) 17 (3): 553–558. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0553 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Allison M. Prasch; The Good Neighbor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of American Power. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2014; 17 (3): 553–558. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.3.0553 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| August 01 2014 Review: A History of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380–1620, by Peter Mack Peter Mack, A History of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380–1620 (Oxford–Warburg Studies), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. 345 pp., ISBN: 978-0-19-959728-4 William P. Weaver William P. Weaver Baylor University, 1 Bear Place #97144, Waco, TX 76798, USA. w_weaver@baylor.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (2014) 32 (3): 317–319. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.3.317 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation William P. Weaver; Review: A History of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380–1620, by Peter Mack. Rhetorica 1 August 2014; 32 (3): 317–319. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.3.317 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| August 01 2014 Review: “Imprison'd Wranglers”: The Rhetorical Culture of the House of Commons, 1760–1800, by Christopher Reid Christopher Reid, “Imprison'd Wranglers”: The Rhetorical Culture of the House of Commons, 1760–1800, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 270 pp., ISBN: 978-0-19-958109-2 Katie S. Homar Katie S. Homar University of Pittsburgh, 526 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260-0001, USA. ksh19@pitt.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (2014) 32 (3): 312–314. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.3.312 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Katie S. Homar; Review: “Imprison'd Wranglers”: The Rhetorical Culture of the House of Commons, 1760–1800, by Christopher Reid. Rhetorica 1 August 2014; 32 (3): 312–314. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.3.312 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| August 01 2014 Review: Metamorphoses of Rhetoric. Classical Rhetoric in the Eighteenth Century, by Otto Fischer and Ann Öhrberg Otto Fischer and Ann Öhrberg, eds., Metamorphoses of Rhetoric. Classical Rhetoric in the Eighteenth Century. (Studia Rhetorica Upsaliensia 3), Uppsala: Rhetoric at the Department of Literature, Uppsala University, 2011, 213 pp., ISBN: 978-91-980081-0-4. ISSN: 1102–9714 Merete Onsberg Merete Onsberg Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Section of Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Vej 4, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, DENMARK. onsberg@hum.ku.dk Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (2014) 32 (3): 319–321. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.3.319 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Merete Onsberg; Review: Metamorphoses of Rhetoric. Classical Rhetoric in the Eighteenth Century, by Otto Fischer and Ann Öhrberg. Rhetorica 1 August 2014; 32 (3): 319–321. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2014.32.3.319 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Spontaneous writing observed in chats, instant messengers, and social media has become established as productive modes of communication and discourse genres. However, they remain understudied from the perspective of writing process research. In this paper, we present an empirical study wherein keystrokes made by chat users in a game were recorded. The distributions of the inter-key intervals were analyzed and fitted with ex-Gaussian distribution equation, and an argument for psycholinguistic interpretation of the distribution parameters is presented. This analysis leads to establishing a threshold of 500 ms for the identification of pauses in spontaneous writing. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pauses longer than 1.2 s may correspond to higher-level linguistic processing beyond a single propositional expression (functional element of the discourse).