Rhetorical Code Studies: Discovering Arguments In and Around Code by Kevin Brock

Author:Kevin Brock [Brock, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Pushing and Pulling

Page 106 →Many software versioning systems, like git, make use of a two-pronged form of code sharing called pushing and pulling that together resemble nothing so much as deliberation in regards to the social construction of knowledge and action. The dichotomy between pushing and pulling is much like that of rhetorical action in a broad sense, which Garsten (2006) has described as

prone to two forms of corruption. [ . . . ] In our desire to change [the minds of an audience] lies the danger of manipulating, and in the effort to attend to their existing opinions lies the risk of pandering. The two vices thus arise from the dual character of persuasion itself, which consists partly in ruling and partly in following. (2)

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