The Rhetoric of Popular Science Texts. Scientific American Magazine as a Typical Example

• Authors: Lichański, Jakub Z

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study is to describe the relationship between rhetoric and popular science texts. Scientific American magazine is taken as an example. In conclusion, the author suggests that the rhetoric of popular science texts rests on the presentation of a problem, avoiding controversy in the presentation of research issues, avoiding modal forms and the use of multiple elements of visual rhetoric. This article contains brief historical information about the development of the magazine Scientific American.

Keywords

EN

popular science texts; rhetoric; rhetorical criticism; visual rhetoric; Scientific American

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 5

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Lichański, Jakub Z

other

The University of Warsaw, Faculty of Polish Studies, Institute of Applied Polish Studies, Department of Rhetoric and Media

other

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Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/21398

DOI

10.18778/1505-9057.35.07