Rhetoric, Technology, Culture Spring 2011

This podcast explores tensions and questions from the readings for Week 5. Johnson and White each share definitions of rhetoric as a dynamic, context-relevant art. Focusing on the idea of rhetoric as invention, I pursue what context means for audience. If we indeed have new contexts for rhetoric to be engaged, how do we understand what these contexts are? What is the relationship between user and audience? The podcast points to this oversight in the readings and what relevant questions might emerge.

Audio Clip, Feb 12 Broadcast on ESPN 980, Georgetown Hoyas vs Marquette
Closing Clip, Punky's Dilemma, Simon and Garfunkel