Poroi Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1284

C. Adamczyk

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引用次数: 2

Rhetorical Implications of Contact Tracing Mobile Applications: An Examination of Big Data’s Work on the Body 联系人追踪移动应用程序的修辞含义：对大数据在身体上的作用的考察

Poroi Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1313

Candice L. Lanius

引用次数: 0

The Rhetoric of Big Data: Collecting, Interpreting, and Representing in the Age of Datafication 大数据的修辞:数据时代的收集、解读与表现

Poroi Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1311

B. Mehlenbacher, A. Mehlenbacher

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引用次数: 0

Five considerations for engaging with Big Data from a rhetorical-humanistic perspective 从修辞人文主义的角度来看，参与大数据的五个考虑因素

Poroi Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1312

Z. Majdik

引用次数: 2

"Tree Thinking": The Rhetoric of Tree Diagrams in Biological Thought “树形思维”:生物学思维中的树形图修辞

Poroi Pub Date : 2020-05-23 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1290

Carolyn R. Miller, Molly Hartzog

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引用次数: 2

Rhetoric, Dialectic, and Dogmatism: A Colloquy on Deirdre Nansen McCloskey’s “Free Speech, Rhetoric, and a Free Economy” 修辞学、辩证法与教条主义:迪尔德丽·南森·麦克洛斯基《言论自由、修辞学与自由经济》论文集

Poroi Pub Date : 2020-05-23 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1307

D. Mccloskey, W. Bates, Kent Rainey Biler, E. Bissell, Roger E. Bissell, T. Camplin, Philippe Chamy, R. Long, Jason Walker, C. Sciabarra

引用次数: 1

The Resilience of Sensation in Urban Planning 城市规划中的感觉弹性

Poroi Pub Date : 2020-01-07 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1295

Meredith A. Johnson, Nathan R. Johnson

引用次数: 0

Resilience and Self-Reliance in Canadian Food Charter Discourse 加拿大食品宪章话语中的弹性和自力更生

Poroi Pub Date : 2020-01-07 DOI: 10.13008/2151-2957.1298

Philippa Spoel, Colleen Derkatch