Resistance and Common Ground as Functions of Mis/Aligned Attitudes: A Filter-Theory Analysis of Ranchers' Writings about the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project

Autor/in	Walsh, Lynda
Titel	Resistance and Common Ground as Functions of Mis/Aligned Attitudes: A Filter-Theory Analysis of Ranchers' Writings about the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project
Quelle	In: Written Communication, 30 (2013) 4, S.458-487 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-0883
DOI	10.1177/0741088313498362
Schlagwörter	Resistance (Psychology); Animals; Wildlife; Archives; Attitude Measures; Opinions; Writing (Composition); Administrator Attitudes; Agricultural Occupations; Civil Rights; Conservation (Environment); Values; Environmental Influences; Stakeholders; Public Opinion; Rhetoric + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Resistenz; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Archivwesen; Archiv; Lehrmeinung; Schreibübung; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Wertbegriff; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Öffentliche Meinung; Rhetorik
Abstract	Writing scholars interested in stakeholder attitudes need ways to reconstruct them from archives because (a) interview/survey studies are not always feasible (particularly in historical work) and (b) the question/answer format of these studies may exclude key attitudes that emerge in unprompted expressions of opinion. Accordingly, this article argues for filter theory--a pragmatic model of interpretive attitudes--as an effective hermeneutic for archival reception studies. Complementing a previous study of administrative attitudes about the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project, the present study applies filter theory to a sample of ranchers' written opinions about the Project. The main findings are as follows: Ranchers and administrators differentially value resident rights versus Project goals; ranchers warrant resistance to the Project based on these misaligned attitudes; nonetheless, both groups value the ideal of a balanced environment and evidence collected on the ground. These findings suggest the need to redefine rhetorical resistance and common ground as arguments warranted by mis/alignments between groups' interpretive attitudes. They also indicate revisions to initial recommendations for extending rhetorical common ground in the Project. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10