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- Feb 2016
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quod.lib.umich.edu quod.lib.umich.edu
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We tend to think of them as flexible and porous, but they are crafted from a multitude of protracted, intersecting cultural processes.
I am reminded of Vygotsky's thoughts upon shared learning, and how language and meaning is produced through reoccurring interactions, with an extensive history to how such meanings came to be.
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By tracking the arguments embedded in the Obama campaign’s software and its phone-banking scripts, we can gain a more complete picture of its complex, conflicting, and contradictory messages, and we can see how contemporary campaigns must continually engage the complexities of a hospitable network.
This reminds me a lot of Burke's remarks upon commercial rhetoric, attempting to carve out an audience, searching for the topics that will appeal to a specific group.
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