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Making Sense of Messages: A Critical Apprenticeship in Rhetorical Criticism - Softcover

Stoner, Mark

 
9780815355403: Making Sense of Messages: A Critical Apprenticeship in Rhetorical Criticism
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0815355408 ISBN 13: 9780815355403
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Making Sense of Messages, now in its second edition, retains the apprenticeship approach which facilitates effectively learning the complex content and skills of rhetorical theory and criticism.

A new chapter on “The Rhetoric of Ignorance” provides needed theory and examples that help students deal with the new rhetorical landscape marked by such discursive complexities as “fake news,” “whataboutism,” and denial of science that creates rather than reduces uncertainty in public argument. A new chapter, “Curating and Analyzing Multimodal Mediated Rhetoric,” deals with problems of media criticism in the digital age. It provides theory, models of application, and commentary that help novice critics understand and mindfully practice criticism that leads to insight, not mere opinion. Throughout the book, extended and updated examples and commentaries are designed to promote "novice-to-expert" agency in students.

This textbook is ideal for introductory courses in contemporary rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, and critical analysis of mass media.

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About the Author

Mark Stoner is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0815355408
ISBN 13 
9780815355403
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
386