Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2004

Toward an Expanded Concept of Rhetorical Delivery: The Uses of Reports in Public Policy Debates

Carolyn D. Rude

Abstract

Abstract Preparing students for civic engagement requires new knowledge about the uses of documents for advocacy and social change. Substantial social change results from repeated rather than from single rhetorical acts. Reconsideration of the rhetorical canon of delivery suggests expanding the concept beyond its present connection to publication (visual design, medium) to a rhetorical situation comprehensively defined. Delivery may take place over time and embrace a web of activities including field work, updates, and interconnections with other publications.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2004-07-01
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10.1207/s15427625tcq1303_3
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