{"product_id":"ancient-rhetorics-and-digital-networks-michele-kennerly-9780817359041","title":"Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: classical models of argumentation and modern modes of digital communication\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What can ancient rhetorical theory possibly tell us about the role of new digital media technologies in contemporary public culture? Some central issues we currently deal with--making sense of information abundance, persuading others in our social network, navigating new media ecologies, and shaping broader cultural currents--also pressed upon the ancients. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Rhetorics and Digital Networks \u003c\/i\u003emakes this connection explicit, reexamining key figures, texts, concepts, and sensibilities from ancient rhetoric in light of the glow of digital networks, or, ordered conversely, surveying the angles and tangles of digital networks from viewpoints afforded by ancient rhetoric. By providing an orientation grounded in ancient rhetorics, this collection simultaneously historicizes contemporary developments and reenergizes ancient rhetorical vocabularies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors engage with a variety of digital phenomena including remix, big data, identity and anonymity, memes and virals, visual images, decorum, and networking. Taken together, the essays in \u003ci\u003eAncient Rhetorics and Digital Networks \u003c\/i\u003ehelp us to understand and navigate some of the fundamental communicative issues we deal with today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele Kennerly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817359044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817359041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Michele Kennerly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096757674239,"sku":"9780817359041","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-rhetorics-and-digital-networks-michele-kennerly-9780817359041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}