About this Website
This website was created as an honors option for WRA 260: Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Culture, a course in the Professional Writing program at Michigan State University. It is meant to gather websites that educate viewers about how different cultures use a rhetorical proof (pathos, logos, or ethos) in similar and different ways. Each website compares two cultures, ranging from Mechanical Engineering students to readers of erotica literature. Both interviews and scholarly research are used to draw conclusions about how the two cultures employ the proof as compared to how the proof was used in ancient times. Each website includes a podcast on one culture’s use of the proof.
We hope that these seven websites can be used in college courses, particularly in courses that focus on English, Writing, or Rhetoric and Composition. Indeed, one of the main purposes of this website is to provide arguments for how these websites could prove useful in such courses.
We hope that these seven websites can be used in college courses, particularly in courses that focus on English, Writing, or Rhetoric and Composition. Indeed, one of the main purposes of this website is to provide arguments for how these websites could prove useful in such courses.
About the Authors
Elizabeth Bell is a senior majoring in Professional Writing at Michigan State University. She works as a writing consultant at the MSU Writing Center, where she also writes content for the Center's main webpage and staff site. Elizabeth has always loved to write and is fascinated by rhetoric and the art of communication. Elizabeth has a specialization in culture and anthropology.
Jenny Crakes is a junior Arts and Humanities major and French minor at Michigan State University, and she works as an intern at the RCAH Center for Poetry. She attended high school in Canada and studied abroad in Costa Rica. She enjoys studying language and creative writing, and is intrigued by the ways different cultures interact and express themselves.
Erica Goldman is a junior majoring in Professional Writing at Michigan State University and she works as a consultant at the MSU Writing Center. She is fascinated with how different cultures form arguments and by the fact that people from different parts of the world can be so similar yet so different at the same time.
Anna Myers is a Professional Writing major at Michigan State University. She works as a web developer for MSU's independent newspaper, The State News. Anna is especially interested in the way that communities form identity through communication. After graduation, Anna hopes to work for an organization promoting food security and sustainable agriculture.
Works Cited
Crowley, Sharon and Debra Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students. Pearson, 2012. Print.
Hidalgo, Alexandra. "CALENDAR Fall 2013." WRA 260: Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Culture. N.p.. Web. 9 Dec 2013.
Peace Corps. Defining Culture. Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools. Web. 9 Dec. 2013.
Rosteck, Thomas, ed. At the Intersection: Cultural Studies and Rhetorical Studies. New York: Guilford Press, 1999. 22. Web.
Williams, Raymond. Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society . 2nd. New York, New York: Fontana Paperbacks, 1983. 87. Print.
Hidalgo, Alexandra. "CALENDAR Fall 2013." WRA 260: Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Culture. N.p.. Web. 9 Dec 2013.
Peace Corps. Defining Culture. Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools. Web. 9 Dec. 2013.
Rosteck, Thomas, ed. At the Intersection: Cultural Studies and Rhetorical Studies. New York: Guilford Press, 1999. 22. Web.
Williams, Raymond. Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society . 2nd. New York, New York: Fontana Paperbacks, 1983. 87. Print.
