Chapter 10. The representation of science and technology in genres of Vatican discourse
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Graham Smart
Abstract
The study presented in this chapter focuses on the discursive representations of science and technology embedded in Laudato Si’, an instance of a traditional print genre in the process of becoming digitalized. The study describes the epistemic discursive activity organized by two genre sets, with Laudato Si’ occupying a place in both. The first genre set, which we have labelled the “science/technology genre set,” has functioned for almost a century as a discursive vehicle supporting an intertextual chain of uptake and recontextualization used in developing an evolving body of institutional knowledge and collective argumentation regarding science and technology, knowledge and argumentation that eventually emerged in Laudato Si’. The second digital genre set, which we refer to as the “launch-day genre set” was employed to rapidly disseminate Laudato Si’ around the world. As well, we characterize Laudato Si’ as an instance of a “hybrid genre,” a genre combining certain affordances of digital communication with valued residual features of an antecedent genre and its traditional print text.
Abstract
The study presented in this chapter focuses on the discursive representations of science and technology embedded in Laudato Si’, an instance of a traditional print genre in the process of becoming digitalized. The study describes the epistemic discursive activity organized by two genre sets, with Laudato Si’ occupying a place in both. The first genre set, which we have labelled the “science/technology genre set,” has functioned for almost a century as a discursive vehicle supporting an intertextual chain of uptake and recontextualization used in developing an evolving body of institutional knowledge and collective argumentation regarding science and technology, knowledge and argumentation that eventually emerged in Laudato Si’. The second digital genre set, which we refer to as the “launch-day genre set” was employed to rapidly disseminate Laudato Si’ around the world. As well, we characterize Laudato Si’ as an instance of a “hybrid genre,” a genre combining certain affordances of digital communication with valued residual features of an antecedent genre and its traditional print text.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Connecting traditional and new genres 1
- Chapter 2. At the frontlines of the online scientific article 19
- Chapter 3. The case of the scientific research article and lessons concerning genre change online 41
- Chapter 4. The graphical abstract as a new genre in the promotion of science 59
- Chapter 5. Scholarly soundbites 81
- Chapter 6. Continuity and change 107
- Chapter 7. The multimodal bridge between academics and practitioners in the Harvard Business Review ’s digital context 131
- Chapter 8. The role of genre hybridity and hypermodality in digital knowledge dissemination 153
- Chapter 9. #Vaccineswork 173
- Chapter 10. The representation of science and technology in genres of Vatican discourse 195
- Chapter 11. Public- and expert-facing communication 219
- Index 239
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Connecting traditional and new genres 1
- Chapter 2. At the frontlines of the online scientific article 19
- Chapter 3. The case of the scientific research article and lessons concerning genre change online 41
- Chapter 4. The graphical abstract as a new genre in the promotion of science 59
- Chapter 5. Scholarly soundbites 81
- Chapter 6. Continuity and change 107
- Chapter 7. The multimodal bridge between academics and practitioners in the Harvard Business Review ’s digital context 131
- Chapter 8. The role of genre hybridity and hypermodality in digital knowledge dissemination 153
- Chapter 9. #Vaccineswork 173
- Chapter 10. The representation of science and technology in genres of Vatican discourse 195
- Chapter 11. Public- and expert-facing communication 219
- Index 239
