Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2016

Found Things: Genre, Narrative, and Identification in a Networked Activist Organization

Natasha N. Jones University of Central Florida

Abstract

This article examines the inter-relational role of genre and narrative in a social justice organization. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this test presents a process-centered approach using genre ecology modeling and narrative maps. This approach can help scholars understand how genre and narrative dialectically promote collaboration and coordination while simultaneously promoting the process of consubstantiality and rhetorical identification in networked organizations.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2016-10-01
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10.1080/10572252.2016.1228790
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