- Make a list of all the genres that are used within your DC (your major or minor). Be sure to list the genre and the medium of publication (e.g. Newspaper article- genre, New Your Times-medium of publication). Once you have completed the list of genres, determine who the target audience is for each genre (general public, other experts from the field, other experts from a different field, etc.).
- Next, pick ONE of the genres you listed above. Make sure it is a genre where the target audience is other experts. Discuss what the Rhetorical Situation usually is for this genre: Exigence (why), Audience (who), and Constraints (how).
- Finally, make a list of the various Rhetorical Strategies used within your chosen genre: Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos), other Rhetorical Strategies (tone, style, structure, repetition, metaphors, imagery, irony, humor, etc.).
- Using the Library Database (see video in Week 3), try to find 3 samples of the genre you wish to use for assignment 2. Post the links here or attach the pdf files here. Remember that this assignment is not about what they are saying but how they are saying it. So these examples DO NOT need to be on the same topic. They just need to be the SAME GENRE.
In the cognitive science discourse community:
1.
Genres include:
- research papers (genre), academic journals (medium of publication), other academics in same field (audience)
- seminars (genre), conferences/invited speaker talks (medium), other academics in same field (audience)
- emails (genre and medium), other academics
2.
I'm picking the research paper genre.
- Exigence: Wanting to share results of scientific interest, and convince readers of its validity.
- Audience: Other academics/experts in the field
- Constraints: Needing to conform to standards of the genre enough to be accepted by a research journal. These includes: formal tone, need for susbtantiation for all assertions, reliance on past academic work, conforming to traditional structures (including an abstract, methods, conclusion, etc.) and objectivity in discourse.
3.
Rhetorical Appeals:
- Ethos - Used frequently, with publications from more prestigious journals and universities holding more weight and being seen as more persuasive.
- Logos - The claims made in research paper primarily have to be accomplished through logical argument, with substantiation for claims needing to be provided through reference to other reputable papers/studies.
- Pathos - Used less frequently in genre, with papers being constrained to attempting objectivity.
Rhetorical Strategies:
- Structure - The structure of research papers allow readers to more effectively understand the argument the authors are making (allowing them to quickly find the main points in the abstract, the methods in the methods, etc...)
- Imagery - Use of figures is often encouraged to allow quick conveying of complex data
- Tone/Style - Very formal, explained above in constraints
4.
Using Cognitive Science to Teach Cognitive Science: Embodied Teaching and Learning in the Cognitive Science Classroom
- https://www.proquest.com/psycinfo/docview/2411768919/fulltextPDF/8A83F95EB25042A7PQ/2?accountid=14505
On the philosophy of cognitive science
- https://www.proquest.com/psycinfo/docview/622042519/8A83F95EB25042A7PQ/3?accountid=14505
Group-to-individual generalizability and individual-level inferences in cognitive neuroscience
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763425000247?via%3Dihub