The Switched-off Circulation: A Rhetoric of Disconnect

IF 0.7 4区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Rhetoric Review Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/07350198.2021.1963041

Zhaozhe Wang

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT The author theorizes a rhetoric of disconnect, defined as exigencies and becomings of rhetorical energies in the event of an abrupt, institutionally enforced disruption of digitally networked circulatory routes. A rhetoric of disconnect destabilizes current frameworks for analyzing digital rhetorical circulation and compels us to rethink the interplay between material rhetoricity, circulatory dimensions, and the public’s rhetorical adaptability in a transnational context. The theorization is accompanied by an analysis of the switched-off rhetorical circulation and “rhetorical rerouting” during the extended period of internet shutdown in Xinjiang, China in 2009 and 2010 that lasted 312 days. The author concludes by urging digital rhetoric and new media scholars to reassess assumptions of “always-on” digital connectivity and consider the fragility of digital rhetorical circulation under different forms of global information governmentality.

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被切断的流通:一种脱节的修辞

摘要作者提出了一种断开修辞的理论，定义为在数字网络循环路线突然、制度强制中断的情况下，修辞能量的迫切性和必要性。脱节的修辞破坏了当前分析数字修辞循环的框架，并迫使我们重新思考材料修辞性、循环维度和公众在跨国背景下的修辞适应性之间的相互作用。在这一理论的同时，还分析了2009年和2010年中国新疆持续312天的长时间互联网关闭期间被关闭的修辞循环和“修辞改道”。最后，作者敦促数字修辞和新媒体学者重新评估“永远在线”数字连接的假设，并考虑在不同形式的全球信息治理下数字修辞传播的脆弱性。

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期刊介绍： Rhetoric Review (RR), a scholarly interdisciplinary journal of rhetoric, publishes in all areas of rhetoric and writing and provides a professional forum for its readers to consider and discuss current topics and issues. The journal publishes manuscripts that explore the breadth and depth of the discipline, including history, theory, writing, praxis, philosophy, professional writing, rhetorical criticism, cultural studies, multiple literacies, technology, literature, public address, graduate education, and professional issues. Rhetoric Review also invites readers to contribute to the Burkean Parlor, a discourse forum for discussion of Rhetoric Review"s published articles, as well as professional issues. Essay reviews, commissioned by the editor, are included as a regular feature.