Journal 2

Rhetoric from Bitzer’s point of view is that a rhetorical response is expected. Edbauer’s view of rhetoric is looking at the idea of rhetorical situations like they all go together instead of them being separate entities. Edbauer’s takes a cause and effect approach effect to rhetoric. Kind of like Bitzer, they both believe that exigency is just as important in how it guides others to respond. Some good real life examples are when the person you speak to at the drive through window asks you if you would like to try something particular before they ask you what you would like to eat or order. This agrees with Bitzer because it is a persuasive tactic. Another example is when Netflix asks you if you would like to keep watching. This agrees with Edbauer’s idea of rhetoric because it is discrete and believes that rhetorical ecology begins with viral economy.