Ethos and Error: How Business People React to Errors Export

@article{citeulike:1609145, abstract = {Errors seem to bother nonacademic readers as well as teachers. But what does it mean to be "bothered" by errors? Questions such as this help transform the study of error from mere textual issues to larger rhetorical matters of constructing meaning. Although this study of fourteen business people indicates a range of reactions to errors, the findings also reveal patterns of qualitative agreement—certain ways in which these readers constructed a negative ethos of the writer.}, author = {Beason, Larry}, citeulike-article-id = {1609145}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/359061}, journal = {College Composition and Communication}, keywords = {culture, error, social, writing}, number = {1}, pages = {33--64}, posted-at = {2008-08-20 18:59:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Ethos and Error: How Business People React to Errors}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/359061}, volume = {53}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1609145 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1609145 N2 - Errors seem to bother nonacademic readers as well as teachers. But what does it mean to be "bothered" by errors? Questions such as this help transform the study of error from mere textual issues to larger rhetorical matters of constructing meaning. Although this study of fourteen business people indicates a range of reactions to errors, the findings also reveal patterns of qualitative agreement—certain ways in which these readers constructed a negative ethos of the writer. IS - 1 JF - College Composition and Communication EP - 64 TI - Ethos and Error: How Business People React to Errors VL - 53 SP - 33 KW - culture KW - error KW - social KW - writing AU - Beason, Larry PY - 2001/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/359061 ER -