I. Fantasy and rhetorical vision: Ten years later

Bormann, Ernest G.

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“…56 After the method of fantasy theme analysis had been used for ten years, Bormann argued that "research results have not supported a strong dichotomy between discursive logic and the creative imagination." 57 Bormann and his followers subsequently placed symbolic convergence theory within "a general movement in communication studies to recover and stress the importance of imaginative language (and the imagination) in nonverbal and verbal transactions," thus within the critical trajectory begun with renewed interest in invention in the early 1970s. 58 Bormann emphasizes this claim about the primacy of the imaginary time and time again in elaborations of his theory: "Present evidence leads me now [1982] to the conclusion that the force of fantasy accounts not only for the irrational and nonrational aspects of persuasion but that it provides the ground for the relational elements in communication as well."…”

Section: The Fruits and Failures Of The Force Of Fantasymentioning

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Refiguring Fantasy: Imagination and Its Decline in U. S. Rhetorical Studies

Gunn¹

2003

Quarterly Journal of Speech

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Section: The Fruits and Failures Of The Force Of Fantasymentioning

confidence: 98%

Refiguring Fantasy: Imagination and Its Decline in U. S. Rhetorical Studies

Gunn¹

2003

Quarterly Journal of Speech

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“…Bormann (1972Bormann ( , 1980Bormann ( , 1982Bormann ( , 1983, who christened his particular kind of dramatism "fantasy theme analysis," stands out as using dramatism in a particularly useful and relevant way, by grounding the study in the messages or themes that small groups create as their members interact. Messages "chain out" through the small groups, eventually spiraling into society at large.…”

Section: Using Fantasy Theme Analysis As An Approach To Dramatismmentioning

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Formulating information and communication technology (ICT) policy through discourse: How Internet discussions shape policies on ICTs for developing countries

Kendall

Kah

2006

Information Technology for Development

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How is policy for information and communication technology (ICT) for developing countries actually formulated? How are the negotiations made, and with whom? What are the dialectical queries and responses, the give and take that compose policy discussions? Some of this is accomplished behind the scenes, and will remain inaccessible to our scrutiny. However, much of the critical interaction among key players such as government officials, academics, consultants, employees of non-government organizations, donors, and development officers is available publicly for analysis and interpretation via the text exchanges produced on open forum Internet discussion groups. Thus, when subjected to systematic analysis, this data becomes a prime source for developing a rich understanding of policy formulation. In this article the authors use a special kind of qualitative rhetorical analysis called dramatism to analyze and thus understand the formulation of policy online through an open discussion forum. Rationales for ICTs for development, appropriate ICT impact assessment, and implementation for economic development in a variety of countries were available via the Internet forum studied. The language of the discussion from actual, unedited texts of Internet discussions using dramatistic analysis is examined. The ensuing discussions reveal a collective vision that helps influence ICT policy formulation, rationales, distribution, implementation, and use in developing countries. Dramatism is construed to be a humanistic method that rests on the assumption that dramas are created through small group interaction and chain through written speeches and documents until they reach the mass media and are picked back up by small groups once again. Through analysis, the emerging main plot, subplot, hero, and villain of the ICT policy drama that took place from 1998-2002 in an Internet discussion forum are identified. The conclusions drawn are intended to be useful to both researchers and policy makers, who will be able to draw on this contribution to create a wide-ranging set of information technology strategies and policies that can be implemented in many developing nation contexts. C

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“…Symbolic Convergence Theory/Q-Methodology Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) is a general theory of communication in which the basic communicative dynamic is the sharing of group fantasies, a process which brings about symbolic convergence for the participants (see Bormann, 1972Bormann, , 1980Bormann, , 1982Bormann, , 1985Bormann, Cragan, & Shields, 1994;Cragan & Shields, 1981,1991. Undergirding assumptions include the symbolic creation of reality, a process in which messages representing our meaning, emotion, and motives, are shared in dramatistic form.…”

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Father‐daughter dramas: A Q‐investigation of rhetorical visions

Endres

1997

Journal of Applied Communication Research

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The relationship between a father and daughter strongly influences a daughter's sense of self and how she communicates with others. Bormann's Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) was used to conduct a fantasy theme analysis (FTA) of the academic and popular rhetoric produced by and about fathers and daughters. Four rhetorical visions were identified: the Knight in Shining Armor, the Buddy, the Authoritarian, and the Shadow, each composed of dramas regarding description of the father, activities and communication he engaged in with his daughter, and the results of their relationship. Additionally, nine non-vision dramas were identified. Images from the FTA were transferred to a Q-sort card deck, which was sorted by 45 adult daughters to assess their level of acceptance, rejection, or neutrality to the dramas. QUANAL analysis revealed four types from the population which closely corresponded to the rhetorical analysis: the Essential Companion, the Silent Intruder, the Loving Patriarch, and the Storyteller. Similarities and differences between the rhetorical images and the self-referent types from the subject pool are addressed, followed by theoretical, methodological, relational and practical implications.

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I. Fantasy and rhetorical vision: Ten years later

Cited by 89 publications

References 17 publications

Refiguring Fantasy: Imagination and Its Decline in U. S. Rhetorical Studies

Refiguring Fantasy: Imagination and Its Decline in U. S. Rhetorical Studies

Formulating information and communication technology (ICT) policy through discourse: How Internet discussions shape policies on ICTs for developing countries

Father‐daughter dramas: A Q‐investigation of rhetorical visions

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