Book Review| June 01 2012 Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together. Felicia Wu Song. Jeremy V. Adolphson Jeremy V. Adolphson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 381–383. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940581 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jeremy V. Adolphson; Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 381–383. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940581 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 Cogent Science in Context: The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas Cogent Science in Context: The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas. William Rehg. Joseph Rhodes Joseph Rhodes Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 390–393. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940584 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Joseph Rhodes; Cogent Science in Context: The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 390–393. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940584 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 "And No One Will Keep That Light from Shining": Civil Religion after September 11 in Speeches of George W. Bush "And No One Will Keep That Light from Shining": Civil Religion after September 11 in Speeches of George W. Bush. Nicole Janz. Steven R. Goldzwig Steven R. Goldzwig Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 369–372. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940577 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Steven R. Goldzwig; "And No One Will Keep That Light from Shining": Civil Religion after September 11 in Speeches of George W. Bush. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 369–372. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940577 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 Speechwright: An Insider’s Take on Political Rhetoric Speechwright: An Insider’s Take on Political Rhetoric. William F. Gavin. Craig R. Smith Craig R. Smith Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 372–374. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940578 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Craig R. Smith; Speechwright: An Insider’s Take on Political Rhetoric. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 372–374. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940578 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 An Exceptional Debate: The Championing of and Challenge to American Exceptionalism American Exceptionalisms: From Winthrop to Winfrey. Sylvia Söderlind and James Taylor Carson.The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. Andrew Bacevich.The Myth of American Exceptionalism. Geoffrey Hodgson.The New American Exceptionalism. Donald E. Pease.A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters. Newt Gingrich. Jason A. Edwards Jason A. Edwards Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 351–367. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940576 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jason A. Edwards; An Exceptional Debate: The Championing of and Challenge to American Exceptionalism. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 351–367. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940576 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate. Amber Day. Christopher J. Gilbert Christopher J. Gilbert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 378–381. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940580 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher J. Gilbert; Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 378–381. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940580 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. Christian Fuchs. Lara C. Stache Lara C. Stache Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 383–387. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940582 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Lara C. Stache; Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 383–387. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940582 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization. Christina R. Foust. Bryan Thomas Walsh Bryan Thomas Walsh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 387–390. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940583 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Bryan Thomas Walsh; Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 387–390. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940583 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2012 Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America. Thomas L. Friedman. Rya Butterfield Rya Butterfield Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (2): 375–378. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940579 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Rya Butterfield; Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2012; 15 (2): 375–378. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940579 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

In this Symposium focused on peer review, Irwin Weiser—drawing both on history and on his own experience as faculty member, WPA, department head, and dean—examines the set of practices we associate with the tenure and promotion process, finding that they differ across sites at the same time that they look very similar in their assumptions. Weiser’s review then culminates in a set of questions useful as a heuristic for the multiple stakeholders involved in the process. In the next and complementary article, Cynthia Selfe and Gail Hawisher—drawing on their varied experiences as authors and publishers of a journal and several book series—provide a historical review and consideration of peer review in publishing. They find that scholarly peer review, from the question of signed reviews to the practices of digital publications, is in the midst of change, but that at the same time, a reviewing process of some sort is still the mainstay of publishing.

Books discussed in this essay: Reframing Writing Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning, Linda Adler-Kassner and Peggy O’Neill Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn from Engagement, Shirley K. Rose and Irwin Weiser, editors The Public Work of Rhetoric: Citizen-Scholars and Civic Engagement, John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan, editors Activism and Rhetoric: Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement, Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee, editors

Book Review| May 01 2012 Review: Appelés à la liberté (Rhétorique sémitique), by R. Meynet R. Meynet, Appelés à la liberté (Rhétorique sémitique), Paris: Lethielleux, 2008, pp. 236. ISBN: 978-2-283-61255-2. Rhetorica (2012) 30 (2): 202–204. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.2.202 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: Appelés à la liberté (Rhétorique sémitique), by R. Meynet. Rhetorica 1 May 2012; 30 (2): 202–204. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.2.202 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. © 2012 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| May 01 2012 Review: Discorsi alla prova. Atti del Quinto Colloquio italo-francese “Discorsi pronunciati, discorsi ascoltati: contesti di eloquenza tra Grecia, Roma ed Europa” (Napoli - S. Maria di Castellabate 21 – 23 settembre 2006), by Giancarlo Abbamonte, Lorenzo Miletti and Luigi Spina (a cura di) Giancarlo Abbamonte, Lorenzo Miletti, Luigi Spina (a cura di), Discorsi alla prova. Atti del Quinto Colloquio italo-francese “Discorsi pronunciati, discorsi ascoltati: contesti di eloquenza tra Grecia, Roma ed Europa” (Napoli - S. Maria di Castellabate 21 – 23 settembre 2006), Napoli: Giannini, 2009. 639 pp. ISBN: 978-88-743-14-331 (http://www.fedoa.unina.it/2998/). Rhetorica (2012) 30 (2): 207–213. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.2.207 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: Discorsi alla prova. Atti del Quinto Colloquio italo-francese “Discorsi pronunciati, discorsi ascoltati: contesti di eloquenza tra Grecia, Roma ed Europa” (Napoli - S. Maria di Castellabate 21 – 23 settembre 2006), by Giancarlo Abbamonte, Lorenzo Miletti and Luigi Spina (a cura di). Rhetorica 1 May 2012; 30 (2): 207–213. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.2.207 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. © 2012 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| May 01 2012 Review: The Imperfect Friend. Emotion and Rhetoric in Sidney, Milton, and Their Contexts, by Olmsted, Wendy Olmsted, Wendy. The Imperfect Friend. Emotion and Rhetoric in Sidney, Milton, and Their Contexts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. xi + 293 pp. ISBN 978-0-8020-9136-9. Rhetorica (2012) 30 (2): 204–207. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.2.204 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: The Imperfect Friend. Emotion and Rhetoric in Sidney, Milton, and Their Contexts, by Olmsted, Wendy. Rhetorica 1 May 2012; 30 (2): 204–207. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.2.204 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. © 2012 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Reviewed are: Cross Talk: What Is “College-Level” Writing? Volume 2: Assignments, Readings, and Student Writing Samples, edited by Patrick Sullivan, Howard Tinberg, and Sheridan Blau; Reviews by Abigail Montgomery and Kip Strasma, with a Response by Howard Tinberg College Credit for Writing in High School: The “Taking Care of” Business, edited by Kristine Hansen and Christine R. Farris, Reviewed by Holly Hassell Writing about Writing: A College Reader, by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs, Reviewed by Jeffrey Klausman

Works Reviewed: Everyday Genres: Writing Assignments across the Disciplines. Mary Soliday. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2011. 146 pp. Print. ISBN 0-8093-3019-9.$32.00. Toward a Composition Made Whole. Jody Shipka. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 2011. 173 pp. Print. ISBN 0-8229-6150-4. $24.95.

The field of technical communication has made notable progress in researching and teaching intercultural issues. Not enough discussion, however, is available on assessing students’ intercultural competence. This article attempts to start this discussion and invite further research. It suggests a working definition to conceptualize intercultural competence and draws upon diverse disciplines to review different assessment methods, including their strengths, drawbacks, and potential applications in technical communication classes.

This essay employs pentadic cartography in an analysis of media coverage of natural disaster with particular attention to the 1993 Great Flood of the Mississippi.  It begins with a review of pentadic cartography.  Next, the survey reports of the 1993 Great Flood of the Mississippi taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are coupled with a synoptic pentadic analysis informed by scholarship from the disaster research field.  A detailed pentadic analysis of 48 Hours: Flood Sweat and Tears (CNS 1993) follows.  The critical discussion argues that Flood, Sweat and Tears is representative of media coverage that overstresses physical destruction and human suffering in natural disasters, while constructing a symbolic landscape in which disasters are, implicitly and explicitly, presented as “random acts of nature.”  Through these analytical comparisons, I argue that media coverage of natural disasters functions to “close the universe of discourse,” contributing to a technological vocabulary of motives that tends to screen out the politics of disasters and disaster management policies.

This second edition may help readers develop a basic understanding of part of the design decision-making process, and the physical aspects of designing print documents. But the book is unlikely to support professionals or students who engage electronic documents, or user-centered design and the user experience (UX), in depth.

This book is a thorough examination of best practices for communicating science-related ideas to a carefully targeted audience. Such integration of theory with practical applications makes this book an immensely useful resource for any science writer.

Research Problem: This study investigates the impact of deception on the performance of tasks in virtual teams. While the advantages of virtual teams in organizations have been well-studied, as the use of these teams expands, organizations must acknowledge the potential for negative consequences of team member actions. Research Questions: (1) How does deceptive communication influence the outcomes of virtual group collaboration? and (2) How does perceived deception impact the individual perceptions, such as perceived trustworthiness and mutuality, of the virtual team itself? Literature Review: Based on (1), the conclusion from the literature on virtual teams that trust and mutuality are vital toward team development, (2) the propositions put forth by Interpersonal Deception Theory that deception will be perceived by team members, and (3) from the conclusion from the literature on interpersonal deception and trust that deception will impact outcomes of an interaction, including trust, mutuality, and ultimately team performance, we developed a model of the impact of deception on outcomes in virtual teams. This model suggests that deceptive communication negatively impacts task performance. Deceptive communication is also expected to impact perceived deception both within and between groups. The model further proposes that perceived deception will negatively impact both perceived trustworthiness and mutuality. Methodology: Through an experiment, virtual teams of three members participated in a group decision-making task in which team members must cooperate to search a grid for enemy camps and then collaborate on a strike plan, with half the teams populated by a deceptive team member. Two-hundred seventeen subjects were recruited from courses at three universities. Five experimental sessions were conducted across two semesters in computer labs at the three universities. Following the virtual team experiment, subjects completed surveys related to key constructs. Analysis of variance and linear regression were used to test the hypotheses. Results and Discussion: Deception has a negative impact on task performance by virtual teams. Participants perceived deception when it was present. Perceived deception led to decreased mutuality and trust among team members. These findings suggest that organizations that utilize virtual teams must be aware of and prepared to deal with negative behaviors, such as deception. The generalizability of these findings is potentially limited by the use of student subjects in a laboratory setting. Future research may extend these findings by incorporating additional variables that have been found to be important to virtual team outcomes or studying the current model in a longitudinal design.

Research Problem: Studies identify peer review as an effective instructional method to improve student writing. Some teachers, however, avoid peer review, perhaps due to the workload required for assessing and correcting peer reviews. Previous studies have not proposed any method to reduce teacher workload by using an objective means to analyze the effects of peer review. Research Questions: This study assesses the degree of similarity between student essay drafts using normalized compression distance (NCD), a compression-based classification algorithm. How does peer review affect student essays, as measured by the NCD? What were the changes in essay length and holistic scores? How did students respond to peer essays? How did peer review affect students during revision? What were the NCD results? How did holistic scoring correspond to NCD results? Literature Review: Studies of pharmacists and engineers indicate that English language technical communication skills are important. Studies of peer review in language education indicate that peer comments are valuable but cultural differences and lack of confidence may impede making or using comments. Studies of NCD applied to web data, figures, and images indicate useful results. Methodology: This quantitative study used anonymous peer review and compared the results of traditional holistic scoring against a novel NCD measure. The researchers conducted the study with 35 student volunteers at a pharmaceutical university in Tokyo, Japan. The students had at least nine years of previous English instruction and previous peer-review experience. In class, students wrote an essay, anonymously reviewed a peer's essay according to instructions, then revised their own essays based on peer comments. An assessor graded the two drafts using a holistic scoring rubric. The researchers used NCD to quantify the change between drafts. Results and Discussion: Sixty percent of revisions contained more words than the originals. 51% percent of revisions received higher scores, 40% had no change, and 8.5% percent had reduced scores. Eleven percent of reviewers with low English proficiency did not identify obvious errors. Three revised essays had lower grades because the writers did not know how to incorporate peer comments. Anonymous peer review could lead to poor results where students had poor reviewing skills or did not know how to use peer comments. NCD helps teachers identify which revised essays to re-evaluate after peer review by indicating those with large quantities of changes. The study was limited by its small group of participants. Future research will examine longer essays, more participants, varied backgrounds, web delivery of NCD, and finding more factors to indicate the quality of written work to reduce teacher workload.

Research problem: This study examines functions in a multifunctional device, the smartphone. Specifically, it explores (1) to what extent does the theory of planned behavior capture user evaluation of different functions? (2) to what extent does pleasure have positive effects on intentions of different functions? (3) to what extent could the implementation intention theory identify the important functions? Literature review: To answer these questions, we look at the Theory of Planned Behavior which has been used to examine a single function device and test the predictability of the theory for a multifunctional system. We also review the Implementation Intention Theory and test the predictability of the theory for identifying important functions. Methodology: A quantitative survey of more than 200 smartphone owners in information-technology shopping malls and customer service centers for major smartphone brands was conducted. Results: The results from the data collected show that the theory of planned behavior and the additional pleasure construct explain more than 50% of the variance in intentions. The effect of pleasure on intention varies from one function to another. In general, pleasure shows much stronger effects for high-hedonic functions than for low-hedonic functions. In addition, the Implementation Intention Theory reveals that phone and organizer are the most important functions. Implications: These results contribute to research on multifunctional systems and communication technology, the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Implementation Intention Theory, and to the practitioners. However, the results of this study may be somewhat limited to users in a modern city. Future research could extend this study to include a task dimension, to compare different technologies and their functions, and to look at modality preferences.

This book provides key insights into the user-centered design (UCD) process, in general, with a specific emphasis on personalization in particular. Anyone interested in the process of UCD and personalization will likely benefit from some of the information available in this book and gain valuable insight in a review of its highlighted studies.

Research Problem: Time is of the essence in technology-mediated teams. However, research has been inconclusive about the impact of team participation on outcomes. A possible reason can be found in the temporal dimension; particularly, we refer to the time points examined in relation to the entirety of the period. Indeed, we can find research attention on initial participation (IP) in fields such as social psychology. IP refers to the contributions of team members during the earlier half of the team's lifespan. Comparable efforts are in want in information systems contexts where the relevancy and saliency of IP is no less. Research Questions: Does IP affect outcomes of technology-mediated teams? Do team size and task type affect IP in technology-mediated teams? Literature Review: Based on a review of literature that includes group development, information overload, and integrative complexity, we discover an IP paradox. More intense IP, in terms of amount and equality, could decrease outcomes, namely, task performance, team learning, and outcome satisfaction. Moreover, two cornerstone boundary conditions of teamwork, team size and task type, could affect IP. Methodology: A quantitative field experiment with 49 technology-mediated learning teams that involved 245 participants was conducted. These teams used a wiki to complete a task in a course in higher education. Data were collected from a pretest survey, posttest survey, and electronic records of the wiki (editcount and wordcount). Qualitative data from participants were also sought for the sake of triangulation. The data were analyzed using partial least squares. Results and Discussion: The results show that higher IP amount and equality decreased task performance and outcome satisfaction as predicted. However, higher IP amount did not significantly affect team learning although this was significant in the hypothesized direction for IP equality. As for team size, larger team sizes increased IP amount but lowered IP equality. Task type did not affect IP amount and contrary to our prediction, multiple solution tasks instead of single solution tasks decreased IP equality. Nevertheless, the findings support the notion that higher IP leads to detrimental outcomes. This suggests the importance of coordination mechanisms in the initial period especially in time-limited teams. For instance, knowledge leaders and facilitators can step up to organize and reduce information overload during the initial period to ensure an easier time synthesizing in the later period and better task performance. The current work was limited in terms of using only objective data for participation amount and equality. Future research could involve a combination of perceptual and objective data as well as other types of participation constructs, such as task related, norms and rules, and socioemotional acts for a richer insight into the IP paradox.

Research problem: The study explored think-aloud methods usage within usability testing by examining the following questions: How, and why is the think-aloud method used? What is the gap between theory and practice? Where does this gap occur? Literature review: The review informed the survey design. Usability research based on field studies and empirical tests indicates that variations in think-aloud procedures may reduce test reliability. The guidance offered on think-aloud procedures within a number of handbooks on usability testing is also mixed. This indicates potential variability in practice, but how much and for what reasons is unknown. Methodology: An exploratory, qualitative survey was conducted using a web-based questionnaire (during November-December 2010). Usability evaluators were sought via emails (sent to personal contacts, usability companies, conference attendees, and special interest groups) to be cascaded to the international community. As a result we received 207 full responses. Descriptive statistics and thematic coding were used to analyze the data sets. Results: Respondents found the concurrent technique particularly suited usability testing as it was fast, easy for users to relate to, and requires limited resources. Divergent practice was reported in terms of think-aloud instructions, practice, interventions, and the use of demonstrations. A range of interventions was used to better understand participant actions and verbalizations, however, respondents were aware of potential threats to test reliability, and took steps to reduce this impact. Implications: The reliability considerations underpinning the classic think-aloud approach are pragmatically balanced against the need to capture useful data in the time available. A limitation of the study is the focus on the concurrent method; other methods were explored but the differences in application were not considered. Future work is needed to explore the impact of divergent use of think-aloud instructions, practice tasks, and the use of demonstrations on test reliability.

Reviewed are: Gateway to Opportunity? A History of the Community College in the United States, by J. M. Beach, reviewed by Keith Kroll Cross-Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader (3rd ed.), edited by Victor Villanueva and Kristin L. Arola, Reviewed by Kathleen Tamayo Alves Basic Writing, by George Otte and Rebecca Williams Mlynarczyk, Reviewed by Chitralekha Duttagupta The Rhetoric of Remediation: Negotiating Entitlement and Access to Higher Education by Jane Stanley, Reviewed by Howard Tinberg

Book Review| March 01 2012 Founding Fictions Founding Fictions. Jennifer R. Mercieca. Stephen Howard Browne Stephen Howard Browne Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 180–183. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955613 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen Howard Browne; Founding Fictions. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 180–183. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955613 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2012 Inside the Nixon Administration: The Secret Diary of Arthur Burns, 1969-1974 Inside the Nixon Administration: The Secret Diary of Arthur Burns, 1969-1974. Robert H. Ferrell. Denise M. Bostdorff Denise M. Bostdorff Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 173–176. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955611 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Denise M. Bostdorff; Inside the Nixon Administration: The Secret Diary of Arthur Burns, 1969-1974. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 173–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955611 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2012 Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924 Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924. Robin E. Jensen. Jillian Klean Zwilling Jillian Klean Zwilling Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 187–190. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955615 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jillian Klean Zwilling; Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 187–190. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955615 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2012 The House of My Sojourn: Rhetoric, Women, and the Question of Authority The House of My Sojourn: Rhetoric, Women, and the Question of Authority. Jane S. Sutton. Karrin Vasby Anderson Karrin Vasby Anderson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 183–187. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955614 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Karrin Vasby Anderson; The House of My Sojourn: Rhetoric, Women, and the Question of Authority. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 183–187. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955614 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2012 Invoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates Invoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates. Robert Asen. Melanie Loehwing Melanie Loehwing Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 176–179. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955612 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Melanie Loehwing; Invoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 176–179. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955612 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2012 What Can You Say? America’s National Conversation on Race What Can You Say? America’s National Conversation on Race. John Hartigan Jr. Jonathan P. Rossing Jonathan P. Rossing Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 190–193. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955616 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jonathan P. Rossing; What Can You Say? America’s National Conversation on Race. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 190–193. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955616 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2012 The Rhetoric of Expertise The Rhetoric of Expertise. E. Johanna Hartelius. Ryan Weber Ryan Weber Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2012) 15 (1): 193–196. https://doi.org/10.2307/41955617 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Ryan Weber; The Rhetoric of Expertise. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2012; 15 (1): 193–196. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41955617 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. © 2012 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

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Book Review| February 01 2012 Review: Fanatical Schemes: Proslavery Rhetoric and the Tragedy of Consensus, by Patricia Roberts-Miller Patricia Roberts-Miller, Fanatical Schemes: Proslavery Rhetoric and the Tragedy of Consensus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2009. x + 286 pp. Cloth $38.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-1642-6. Paper $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-5653-8. Rhetorica (2012) 30 (1): 100–102. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.1.100 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: Fanatical Schemes: Proslavery Rhetoric and the Tragedy of Consensus, by Patricia Roberts-Miller. Rhetorica 1 February 2012; 30 (1): 100–102. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.1.100 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2012 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| February 01 2012 Review: Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language, by Debra Hawhee Debra Hawhee, Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2009. 215 pp. ISBN 978-1-57003-809-9. Rhetorica (2012) 30 (1): 94–97. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.1.94 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: Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language, by Debra Hawhee. Rhetorica 1 February 2012; 30 (1): 94–97. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.1.94 Download citation file: Ris (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 ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2012 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| February 01 2012 Review: Reading and Rhetoric in Montaigne and Shakespeare, by Peter Mack Peter Mack, Reading and Rhetoric in Montaigne and Shakespeare, London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. 210 pp. Rhetorica (2012) 30 (1): 97–100. https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.1.97 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: Reading and Rhetoric in Montaigne and Shakespeare, by Peter Mack. Rhetorica 1 February 2012; 30 (1): 97–100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/RH.2012.30.1.97 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. © 2012 by The International Society for the History of Rhetoric. All rights reserved.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.