WRIT 8510 is also offered in Spring 2025
WRIT 8510 is also offered in Fall 2022
Spring 2021 | WRIT 8510 Section 001: Seminar in Rhetoric -- Trust & Ethos (65440)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics may include theories, history, criticism, major figures, movements, visual or material rhetoric. Topics vary. See the Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- This graduate seminar in rhetorical theory focuses on the relationship between the rhetorical appeal of ethos and the social-psychological concept of trust. All forms of human communication depend heavily on trust; yet although connections between theories of trust and theories of rhetoric may seem obvious, to date little if any rhetorical scholarship has focused on trust as established by rhetorical means. Studying the relationship between trust and ethos offers the potential to understand trust in an entirely new way: trust as a rhetorical dynamic, associated closely with the character and credibility of the speaker/message and thus, central to any rhetorical theory. A thorough understanding of the underlying features and functions of trust is essential and is especially important in our digital age, when identities can be anonymous or unknown and when messages can have powerful social effects across political, social, and global boundaries.
Classes will often alternate between one week synchronous (Zoom) and one week asynchronous (Canvas), but students should keep the designated time slot open and available each week. Please contact the instructor for more information.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65440/1213
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