Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics: Attention and Deliberation in the Early Blogosphere: 10 (Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation) - Softcover

Pfister, Damien Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0271064617 ISBN 13: 9780271064611

Publisher: Penn State University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics, Damien Pfister explores communicative practices in networked media environments, analyzing, in particular, how the blogosphere has changed the conduct and coverage of public debate. Pfister shows how the late modern imaginary was susceptible to “deliberation traps” related to invention, emotion, and expertise, and how bloggers have played a role in helping contemporary public deliberation evade these traps. Three case studies at the heart of Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics show how new intermediaries, including bloggers, generate publicity, solidarity, and translation in the networked public sphere. Bloggers “flooding the zone” in the wake of Trent Lott’s controversial toast to Strom Thurmond in 2002 demonstrated their ability to invent and circulate novel arguments; the pre-2003 invasion reports from the “Baghdad blogger” illustrated how solidarity is built through affective connections; and the science blog RealClimate continues to serve as a rapid-response site for the translation of expert claims for public audiences. Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics concludes with a bold outline for rhetorical studies after the internet.

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About the Author

Damien Smith Pfister is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0271064617
• ISBN 13: 9780271064611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288