Genres, rules, and collective rhetorics: Applying the requirements?problems?strategies approach

1 June 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Quarterly

Vol. 30 (3) , 181-188
https://doi.org/10.1080/01463378209369447

Abstract

Designed initially as a way of understanding the often anomalous rhetoric of those who lead social movements, Simons' “Requirements‐Problems‐Strategies” approach has been applied in recent years to other collective rhetorics and other leadership roles. Presented here is an extension and elaboration of RPS framework and a review of illustrative scholarship.

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