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Cultures-Of-Use And Morphologies Of Communicative Action, Steven L. Thorne
Cultures-Of-Use And Morphologies Of Communicative Action, Steven L. Thorne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article I revisit the cultures-of-use conceptual framework-that technologies, as forms and processes comprising human culture, mediate and assume variable meanings, values, and conventionalized functions for different communities (Thorne, 2003). I trace the antecedent arc of investigation and serendipitous encounters that led to the 2003 publication and conclude by proposing that digital environments and the human experience of activity form unified ecologies with agency distributed through the system.
From Product Reviews To Political Commentary: Performances In Amazon.Com Reviews, Brenda M. Helmbrecht, Meredith A. Love
From Product Reviews To Political Commentary: Performances In Amazon.Com Reviews, Brenda M. Helmbrecht, Meredith A. Love
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
Do you want products or politics? Or BOTH?!
By LoveHelm on May 1, 2016
If you’ve been searching for an article that combines rhetoric, politics, and shopping… this is it! The authors address the rhetorical and political nature of Amazon.com product reviews. More specifically, they focus on Amazon reviews circulating shortly after Mitt Romney talked about his “binders full of women” during the 2012 Presidential Campaign (who says that?!), and reviews written after Texas State Senator Wendy Davis filibustered for 11-hours in her sassy pink Mizuno running shoes in summer 2013 (I seriously want those shoes!). The authors argue that …