In this paper we discuss several different perspectives on persuasion and behavior change and consider how they may be used to inform the design of serious games and other digital media for sustainability. These perspectives include the classic “information deficit” model of persuasion, as well as two more recent perspectives: “procedural rhetoric”, and “emergent dialogue”. We discuss how these...

This article addresses the hypothesis that scholarly argument as it is presently pursued is mediated through print; but the advent of modern ICT offers alternative media to support scholarly publication. However, few academics have much expertise with these media. Accordingly, if this technology is to be fully exploited the academic community will need to acquire such expertise and this may hav...

1. introduction metaphor definition in islamic rhetoric has similarities with the theories of metaphor in the west. these similarities do not mean that the traditional definition still works so that rethinking of definition and providing new definitions is not necessary anymore. such an approach certainly will not be promising. the result of these efforts will enclose metaphor in the realm of r...

Changing your password more frequently is an easy and effective way to counter this threat and protect your personal computer and your workplace data. You should use a “strong” password of at least eight characters that includes letters, numbers, and special characters. It is also recommended that each employee changes his password this week, and remembers to change it frequently. Further infor...

This paper proposes the interpretation of video games as discourse (in the explanation of discourse commonly used in linguistics and studies of natural language, not as understood in semiotics or cultural studies) to explore further the dynamics through which video games can propose structured meaning and articulate an argument. Such topic is especially relevant for video games with an agenda, ...

It would be easy to dismiss this book in a couple of lines as the ravings of a lunatic unable to adequately express himself in English. Such apparently is the opinion of the Collector of the District where he is employed, who (it is stated) has ordered him to publish his work for professional criticism at the earliest possible moment, and take the consequences of an adverse judgment upon it. If...

Contrastive rhetoric examines differences and similarities in writing across cultures. Although mainly concerned with student essay writing in its Ž rst 30 years, the area of study today contributes to knowledge about preferred patterns of writing in many English for speciŽ c purposes situations. This article discusses some of the new directions contrastive rhetoric has taken. Following a brief...