Commonplaces of Scientific Evidence in Environmental Discourses

Informationen zum Autor Denise Tillery is a Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, specializing in environmental rhetoric and programmatic issues in technical communication. Her recent work includes The New Normal: Pressures on Technical Communication Programs in Times of Austerity (Routledge, 2016), and numerous articles on environmental rhetoric. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the uses of scientific evidence within three types of environmental discourses: popular nonfiction books about the environment; traditional and social media texts created by a grassroots environmental group; and a set of data displays that make arguments about global warming in a variety of media and contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Patterns of Scientific Argument in Environmental Discourses 2. Scientific Commonplaces in Popular Environmental Writing 3. A Grassroots Organization Shapes its Environment Through Digital and Social Means 4. Scientific Commonplaces in Data Displays 5. Conclusion

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• Authors: Denise Tillery, Denise (University of Nevada Las Vegas Tillery, Tillery Denise
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138048225
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04822-5
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Studies in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Culture; Routledge Studies in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Culture
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Communication Studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc