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rhetoric and persuasion

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Building a rhetoric community

Online communities are dependent on effective communication each person or member of a community and the community as a whole need to understand the rhetoric that is appropriate for that community if they are to successfully connect with each other (Burke et al , 2007 Technology and its rapid growth have introduced a new online rhetorical community - the blog . This paper will discuss the role of rhetoric in building a blog community

The starting point for blogging is difficult to ascertain

but research determines it was first named by Barger in 1997 as `weblog (Safire 2002 . The first people to blog were more likely to be computer nerds and experts who would have spent most of their time on computers and thus initiated a new means of communicating with each other as time has progressed however , more and more everyday people are joining blog communities mainly as a means of relating to others with a common interest and having the opportunity of presenting their personal views

The rhetoric for successful blogging must account for continual self-disclosure and the continual development of the community the rhetoric of blogging cultivates the means for individuals less likely or unable to communicate in face-to-face situations , and to articulate their own distinctive viewpoints on new and old issues . This new found rhetoric will help the individual to find a new understanding of the self and increase their confidence and ability to use and further develop that rhetoric , which...

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