Rhetoric of Science and Technology

The Role of Social Statistics in Communication Research

Perspectives on statistics and/or statistical methods vary greatly within the communication field.

The Machine Rhetoric of Bar Codes: The U.P.C., Standardization, and Appropriation

In order to explore how technological objects induce users' unintended technological activity, this paper rhetorically analyzes an "unconventional" rhetorical artifact:

Rover as Member: Collaborating Rather Than Controlling Technology

I examine the ways in which the remotely operated space vehicles, the rovers, on NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers mission were culturally constituted as collaborators through discourse and work practice.

Darwin's Argument(s): A Comparison of the Origin and the Essays of 1842 and 1844

This paper investigates the shifting rhetorical sensibility in Charles Darwin's development of his theory of natural selection.