This handout summarizes some of the key findings from my master thesis entitled "Navigation as Rhetoric-Effective communication in governmental information spaces". The thesis is submitted for review by the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo as of February 28th 2005. Many observers have stated that navigation by and large is ignored, and that users look straight for...

Taxonomizers of the field of composition and rhetoric often speak in valorizing terms of "social epistemic rhetoric," referring to a group of scholarresearchers who argue for the social nature of knowledge in general and of writing and reading in particular. While some in composition and rhetoric indeed are taking a rhetorical turn to social construction, a careful look at the dominant writing ...

English learning is often thought of as words, grammar and sentence patterns, or a combination foreign languages cultures. In fact, rhetoric, an writing skill, great significance to writing. Many people think that the application rhetoric in will only make article mechanical rigid. Therefore, many learners pay less attention process learning. Flexible use various rhetorical devices can more viv...

Based on a discussion of current issues in teaching business Chinese, this article proposes an ethnographic approach for the teaching of business Chinese. Specifically, it highlights the imperative for the ethnographic approach and details the components of this approach. In the discussion, reference is made to the research findings in contrastive rhetoric, ethnographic research and genre analy...

Expressions of moral sentiment play a fundamental role in political framing, social solidarity, and basic human motivation. Moral rhetoric helps us communicate the reasoning behind our choices, how we feel we should govern, and the communities to which we belong. In this paper, we use shortpost social media to compare the accuracy of text analysis methods for detecting moral rhetoric and longer...

The Effect of Blended Method of Teaching on Outputs of Learning Quran among Honor High School Students E. FathiAazar, Ph.D. T. Haashemi, Ph.D. Y. Adib, Ph.D. Sh. Vaahedi, Ph.D. S.M. Tabaatabaa’ee To determine the effect of the blended method of teaching on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes learned in the high school Quran course, with the mediating effect of learnin...