Commonplaces of Scientific Evidence in Environmental Discourses

Denise Tillery (University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA)

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English

Routledge
10 December 2019

Communication studies

Series: Routledge Studies in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Culture

This book focuses on the uses of scientific evidence within three types of environmental discourses: popular nonfiction books about the environment; traditional and social media texts created by a grassroots environmental group; and a set of data displays that make arguments about global warming in a variety of media and contexts. It traces the operations of eight commonplaces about science and shows how they recur throughout these contexts, starting with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and ending with contemporary blogs and social media. The commonplaces are shown to embed ideological assumptions and simultaneously challenge those assumptions. In addition, the book addresses the potential dangers involved in relying too heavily on aspects of these commonplaces, and how they can undermine the goals of some of the writers who use them.

By: Denise Tillery (University of Nevada Las Vegas USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367889166
ISBN 10: 0367889161
Series: Routledge Studies in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Culture
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 10 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Denise Tillery is a Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, specializing in environmental rhetoric and programmatic issues in technical communication. Her recent work includes The New Normal: Pressures on Technical Communication Programs in Times of Austerity (Routledge, 2016), and numerous articles on environmental rhetoric.