Interacting With Audiences

Social Influences on the Production of Scientific Writing

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Public Speaking, Rhetoric, Communication, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Interacting With Audiences by Ann M. Blakeslee, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ann M. Blakeslee ISBN: 9781135690144
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 1, 2000
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Ann M. Blakeslee
ISBN: 9781135690144
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 1, 2000
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This distinctive monograph examines the dynamic rhetorical processes by which scientists shape, negotiate, and position their work within an interdisciplinary community. Author Ann M. Blakeslee studies the everyday rhetorical practices of a group of condensed matter theoretical physicists, and presents here the first substantial qualitative study of the planning and implementation of discursive practices by a group of scientists. This volume also represents one of the first studies to use situated cognition and learning theory to study how knowledge of a domain's discursive practices is acquired by newcomers.

Unlike previous studies of scientists' rhetorical practices, which have focused primarily on the finished or published texts, Blakeslee's involvement with the physicists as they engaged in the composing processes--from jotting down planning notes through publishing a scientific paper--suggests an alternative view of audience based on cooperative interaction between authors and their interlocutors. From this innovative perspective, functional knowledge of audiences comes only by entering into some community of practice, in which readers also become self-defining interlocutors and even participants in joint projects. Blakeslee's research follows the physicists' work into communal, interactive dynamics, looking at their overt attempts to get feedback from members of their audiences, what that feedback was, and how they responded to it.

This work addresses and extends a model for audience analysis that consists of two primary operations: getting to know and understand one's interlocutors, and determining how to reach and influence them. In doing so, it offers important insights into the dissemination of scientific information, and thus will be of great interest to scholars and students in the areas of rhetoric of science and technology, composition, rhetorical theory, and scientific writing.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This distinctive monograph examines the dynamic rhetorical processes by which scientists shape, negotiate, and position their work within an interdisciplinary community. Author Ann M. Blakeslee studies the everyday rhetorical practices of a group of condensed matter theoretical physicists, and presents here the first substantial qualitative study of the planning and implementation of discursive practices by a group of scientists. This volume also represents one of the first studies to use situated cognition and learning theory to study how knowledge of a domain's discursive practices is acquired by newcomers.

Unlike previous studies of scientists' rhetorical practices, which have focused primarily on the finished or published texts, Blakeslee's involvement with the physicists as they engaged in the composing processes--from jotting down planning notes through publishing a scientific paper--suggests an alternative view of audience based on cooperative interaction between authors and their interlocutors. From this innovative perspective, functional knowledge of audiences comes only by entering into some community of practice, in which readers also become self-defining interlocutors and even participants in joint projects. Blakeslee's research follows the physicists' work into communal, interactive dynamics, looking at their overt attempts to get feedback from members of their audiences, what that feedback was, and how they responded to it.

This work addresses and extends a model for audience analysis that consists of two primary operations: getting to know and understand one's interlocutors, and determining how to reach and influence them. In doing so, it offers important insights into the dissemination of scientific information, and thus will be of great interest to scholars and students in the areas of rhetoric of science and technology, composition, rhetorical theory, and scientific writing.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Industrial Inefficiency and Downsizing by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book The Vital Century by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book The Myth of the Lazy Native by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Norway by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Is This Not The Carpenter? by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Imagery and Verbal Processes by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book The Book of Government or Rules for Kings by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Israel by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Gender at the Border by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Desert Energy by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Islam in World Politics by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book The Politics of United States Foreign Aid by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Irish National Cinema by Ann M. Blakeslee
Cover of the book Centuries of Genocide by Ann M. Blakeslee
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy