Rhetoric Society Quarterly Sep 2005

Unframing models of public distribution: From rhetorical situation to rhetorical ecologies

Jenny Edbauer Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

Abstract Whereas earlier work on rhetorical situation focuses upon, the elements of audience, exigence, and constraints, this article argues that rhetorical situations operate within a network of lived practical consciousness or structures of feeling. Placing the rhetorical “elements” within this wider context destabilizes the discrete borders of a rhetorical situation. As an example of this wider context, this article explores the public rhetoric surrounding issues of urban sprawl in Austin, Texas. While public rhetorical movements can be seen as a response to the “exigence” of overdevelopment, it is also possible to situate the exigence's evocation within a wider context of affective ecologies comprised of material experiences and public feelings.

Journal
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2005-09-01
DOI
10.1080/02773940509391320
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multimodality

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