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Enacting Multiple Audiences.

Authors :
Szymanski, Erika
Source :
Science Communication. Dec2016, Vol. 38 Issue 6, p724-745. 22p.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Science communication makes science relevant to nonscientist audiences, but relevance and audience can be resolved at multiple levels. This study in the New Zealand wine industry suggests that written science communication can make science topically relevant without building relevant relationships with individual audience members. Paradoxically, winemakers and winegrowers describe research as relevant to industry generally but not to their own work in particular. Analyzing science communication documents shows rhetorical moves connecting research and industry but distancing research from individual readers. This case suggests the utility of attending to rhetorical relationships in science communication and the need for unique rhetorical strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10755470
Volume :
38
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Science Communication
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
119907792
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547016677042