Blog 12 Feb. 27

Jason Palmeri conducts a case study titled “When Discourses Collide. Jason Palmeri is a doctoral student of english. The study at Ohio State University is intended for students and colleagues of the english and rhetoric department. This study was conducted for people to gain a better understanding of the dichotomies and challenges that occur when two or more discourse groups interact. Throughout the article titled “When Discourses Collide”, Palmeri describes how one discourse uses completely different rhetoric and tone than other discourse does. in the article the author uses an example between an attorney and a nurse and the different rhetoric each group uses. Attorney uses their voice and emotion as opposed to a nurse who uses more of her writing and reading. Each of these groups uses different “types” of rhetoric throughout their daily lives. The author later argues about the interaction between two discourse and what type of rhetoric is being used. The main argument that the author makes is that when two different types of discourse groups interact chaos can occur. Like the example that Palmeri gives earlier, the nurser and the attorney would have a hard time working together because they don’t communicate the same way. Discourses that are similar most of the time have similar ways of rhetoric but not always. The ability to be part of multiple discourse group becomes an important asset for a person. A person who can talk with multiple types of people ultimately works better in groups. In conclusion the author of the article explains how difficult rhetoric can be between two different discourses.