As a followup to Anth 323’s Assignment 1 (comparison of popular and academic literature), Dr. Blake recommends this article:
Fahnestock, Jeanne. “Accomodating Science: The Rhetorical Life of Scientific Facts.” Written Communication 3.3 (1986): 275-96.
The article “studies the fate of scientific observations as they pass from original research reports intended for scientific peers into popular accounts aimed at a general audience” and argues that the change of genre brought on by the change of audience can have serious consequences.
A link has been posted to the ANTH 323 online course page.
Note: UBC Library subscribes to the ejournal Written Communication. You’ll be able to access the article on campus simply by following the link; off-campus, you’ll need to connect to the VPN before you can get access (setup instructions here).
