Tag Archives: argumentation

Buyer Beware, Rhetor Beware

Posted on August 15, 2013 by

My mobile phone service provider Ting tweeted about an endorsement they received on reddit recently. Commericial rhetoric often serves as classroom fodder for analysis of manipulative persuasive techniques, but the reddit discussion demonstrates some different problems that arise in a context … Continue reading →

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The Internet Is Serious Business. Seriously.

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

I’ve been browsing Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man blog in preparation for this year’s Rhetoric 306 First Year Forum program, and the comments on a recent post provide a wealth of problematic argumentation. Of course, finding poor rhetorical behaviors in the comments of a blog is … Continue reading →

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