The gospel according to glamour : a rhetorical analysis of Revolve : the complete New Testament

This thesis examines a new genre in Bible publishing: the “BibleZine,” a combination of the Bible with the formatting and visual elements of a teenage fashion magazine. The first BibleZine, Revolve: The Complete New Testament, appeared in the summer of 2003 and sold all of its 40,000 copies in a matter of months. This success has inspired a new line of Bible products, as several follow-up editions of Revolve and other BibleZines have flooded the marketplace. While the publisher and editors of Revolve claim that their modern creation is meant to inspire young readers to connect with the text of the New Testament, the forceful combining of the two disparate genres has produced an artifact whose form undermines and trivializes biblical content. The significance of the BibleZine’s message extends beyond its updated magazine format. This thesis uses the theories of Kenneth Burke, George Dillon, Edwin Black, and several other rhetorical critics to reveal and critique the editorial influence found in this “updated” New Testament. The analysis is divided into three chapters that examine specific elements of the carefully orchestrated BibleZine, from the impact of Revolve’s prominent magazine-like features to the pseudo-friendships the editors create to influence its young target audience. Revolve does not represent a unique way of interpreting the Bible for a new generation. It may look contemporary in its format, but Revolve masks a materialistic and highly conservative ideology that will negatively influence its young readers in how they approach matters of identity and spirituality. My analysis will reveal the numerous ways the editors of the BibleZine use and manipulate biblical sanction in order to convey a consumeristic ideology

Effective Professional Communication: A Rhetorical Approach

698 p.Welcome to Effective Professional Communication, your text book for the RCM 200 course at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. As you already know, this course focuses on communicating in professional environments. Even if you haven’t held a job before, you know–at least on a basic level–that how you communicate changes depending on the context of your situation; specifically, you talk differently when you speak to customers/clients versus your co-workers versus your supervisors. Our goal in this text is to break down the communication process in professional environments so you can maximize your chance to get hired and retain your job once you graduate from university. We will do this by looking at communication through political, rhetorical, ethical, and interpersonal lenses and applying this knowledge to your future career

Role Reversal: Formative Assessment in a Reflective Teacher’s Practice

Parker Palmer (2007) wrote that “teaching is a daily exercise in vulnerability.” A basic assumption of classroom assessment is that student learning & instructor satisfaction are linked to involving students in the assessment process (Angelo and Cross 1993). As teachers, we continually ask our students to be open to our critique in the courses we teach, but are we equally as open to being assessed by them? This poster will explore how various formative assessment techniques can build rapport and encourage student academic success in the classroom

The stories we tell ourselves in SoTL research

As reflective practitioners, how often do we take the time to examine the motivations behind our chosen areas of research? This interactive discussion will use a narrative inquiry approach to examine the sacred, cover, and secret stories that shape research in the field of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Using these sets of stories as a conceptual framework, my session will work with participants to have a better understanding of how we view our work within the SoTL field and the hierarchy of evidence that we accept as legitimate

A very rapid in situ Kikuchi technique to determine relative crystal misorientation

In a recent study of the superplastic forming (SPF) behavior of certain Al-Li-X alloys, the relative misorientation between adjacent (sub)grains proved to be an important parameter. It is well established that the most accurate way to determine misorientation across boundaries is by Kikuchi line analysis. However, the SPF study required the characterization of a large number of (sub)grains in each sample to be statistically meaningful, a very time-consuming task even for comparatively rapid Kikuchi analytical techniques.In order to circumvent this problem, an alternate, even more rapid in-situ Kikuchi technique was devised, eliminating the need for the developing of negatives and any subsequent measurements on photographic plates. All that is required is a double tilt low backlash goniometer capable of tilting ± 45° in one axis and ± 30° in the other axis. The procedure is as follows. While viewing the microscope screen, one merely tilts the specimen until a standard recognizable reference Kikuchi pattern is centered, making sure, at the same time, that the focused electron beam remains on the (sub)grain in question.</jats:p