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James H. Collier - Virginia Tech, USA

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Rhetoric & Rhetorical Theory

October 1996 | 432 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Integrating multidisciplinary perspectives on the relation of rhetoric, science, technology and public policy-making to the process and product of technical communication, this textbook reformulates the issues raised by science and technology studies (STS) within the context of technical communication.

The first part of the book provides a summary, critique and alternative to recent theoretical perspectives developed in the rhetoric of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge. Part Two applies these critical alternatives to the traditional practices of scientific and technical communication. The final part demonstrates how these new practices can be applied to the communication vital in forming national and local science and technology policy.

PART ONE: THE RHETORIC

Scientific and Technical Communication in Context

Reading Scientific and Technical Texts

Writing Scientific and Technical Texts

Understanding Audiences

Language, Persuasion, and Argument

Participation and Policy

PART TWO: THE READER

Steve Fuller

Putting People Back into the Business of Science

Constituting a National Forum for Setting the Research Agenda

Geoff Cooper

Textual Technologies

New Literary Forms and Reflexivity

William Keith

Science and Communication

Beyond Form and Content

Dale L Sullivan

Migrating across Disciplinary Boundaries

The Case of David Raup's and John Sepkoski's Periodicity Papers

Sujatha Raman

Challenging High-Tech War

Surgical Strike or Collateral Damage?

Sheila Tobias, Daryl Chubin and Kevin Aylesworth

Restructuring Demand for Scientific Expertise

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James H. Collier

James H. Collier is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. He is the Series Founder and Editor of “Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society” published by Rowman and Littlefield International; the Founder and Editor of the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective (SERRC; https://social-epistemology.com/); and the Founder and Editor of the “Project for Reimagining Inquiry” as part of the journal Social Epistemology. He served as Executive Editor of Social Epistemology from 2009 to 2018. In 2015, he edited The Future of Social Epistemology: A Collective Vision in launching the Rowman &... More About Author

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