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A main rhetorical axis is whether to script the podcast or talk off the cuff: scripted and edited, or ad hoc and unedited. (Polished and rough are the evaluative terms.) Scripted aligns the podcast with mainstream media. Off the cuff is seen as more honest, less mediated. Scripted tends to control the rhetorical situation and takes a monological stance towards audience; unscripted tends to respond to the changing rhetorical situation of the moment, enacting a more dialogical stance towards audience. Both are legitimate rhetorical responses to a situation, and each shape the message differently.

For podcasts, we'll look at delivery - scripted and ad hoc

• how each aligns with invention: how podcasters create situations that encourage spontaneous invention.
• and how each aligns with ethos: how we tend to connect spontaneity with authenticity and honesty, and scripting and editing with disingenuousness.

For the project, in groups, we'll do podcasts, one or two in each manner.

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