The Rhetorica Network offers analysis and commentary about the rhetoric, propaganda, and spin of journalism and politics, including analysis of presidential speeches and election campaigns. This site features the Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal web log, comprehensive news media links, a rhetoric textbook, a primer of critical techniques, and information for citizens. The character of Rhetorica represents the purposes and canons of classical rhetoric. --Andrew R. Cline, Ph.D.
A few weeks ago, after acknowledging an error I made, I said that I would post my blogging policy, i.e. rules I try to live by. I have posted a link to the Rhetorica Blogging Policy in the left-and sidebar. Because all texts should be open to review and critique, I welcome your comments and suggestions regarding this policy.
Posting Schedule:
Spring 2009
MWF: After 1:00 p.m.
TR: After 8:30 a.m.
SS: When the mood strikes.
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Dr. Andrew R. Cline
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Missouri State University
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Great idea - explicitly listing your policy seems very appropriate for such a project.
One question: do you think you could expand a bit on point 4? I think your blog is perfectly useful for non-academic readers such as myself; however, not being in academia I don’t think of ‘academic’ as being on the same axis as ‘polemic’ - the two adjectives strike me as orthogonal.
Good point. I need to explain how I’m opposing (or linearizing…hey, if yer gonna use “orthogonal,” then I can make up “linearizing” haha!) those two terms. I will make that change. But, quickly (and superficially):
Academic stance: I try to understand and explain a situation based on current/accepted theories for the purpose of persuading my audience to think critically about an issue in all its complexity. With this stance, I am more concerned with theory/practice than ideology.
Polemic stance: I try to persuade my audience that my way of thinking is right or correct and other ways of thinking are wrong or incorrect. With this stance, I am more concerned with ideology than theory/practice.
Looks good. It would require only minor generalization for many bloggers to use it, if they cared. My personal downfall is #7 — the “promptly” part.
Good idea…I think I’ll post a line at the end offering it to other bloggers.