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Stratman, James F. – Written Communication, 2000
Investigates readers' perceptions of bias in a Colorado ballot booklet intended to explain a tax cut proposal. Finds that readers were more likely to perceive the ballot booklet to be biased in favor of the proposed tax measure than against it. (SC)
Descriptors: Bias, Higher Education, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship
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Harker, W. John – Written Communication, 1987
Examines the relationship between current concepts of reading processes and contemporary theories of literary response. Argues that text-based reading theories are isomorphic with the New Criticism, and that reader-based theories of reading are isomorphic with reader-response criticism. Maintains that literary theory ignores interactive…
Descriptors: Language Research, Literary Criticism, Psycholinguistics, Reader Response
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Brandt, Deborah – Written Communication, 1989
Reappraises conventional distinctions between oral-like and literate-like discourse, particularly Tannen's distinction between involvement focus and message focus. Treats message as an embodiment of involvement, and cohesion as an aspect of a developing writer-reader relationship. Offers speculations for rethinking "literate…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Literacy