Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation. Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics : : Attention and Deliberation in the Early Blogosphere / / Damien Smith Pfister.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Pfister, Damien Smith,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2015]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 2 illustrations

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Three Challenges for Public Deliberation -- 2 Cultural Technologies of Publicity: Rhetorics, Public Spheres, and Digital Communication Networks -- 3 Flooding the Zone After Trent Lott’s Toast -- 4 Ambient Intimacy in Salam Pax’s Where Is Raed? -- 5 Shallow Quotation on RealClimate -- 6 The Prospects of Networked Rhetorics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index