論文發表人：陳雅雯 (新墨西哥大學大傳新聞研究所)
http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2007/confinfo07.asp
此研究的目的在於分析在臺灣外籍人士在他們的部落格裡所使用的修辭性想像描述技巧以及修辭性遠景。此研究應用Boremann的幻想主題分析方法 (method of fantasy theme analysis)來分析一份長達二十六頁標題為「生活與居住在臺灣及亞洲 (Life and Living in Taiwan and Asia)」的部落格。研究分析結果顯示出兩個主要類別的修辭性想像描述：(1) 一個是在個人層次的修辭性遠景環繞著部落格的主人（一對旅居臺灣的加拿大夫妻）；(2)另一個是在歷史或政治層次的修辭性遠景環繞著臺灣這個國家。這兩個層次之修辭性遠景的並列顯露出平行同時卻又相交且充滿矛盾的修辭性遠景。此研究也討論隱藏在修辭性遠景中的修辭性想像學描述技巧。最後，此研究對於部落格的功能以及自我的呈現有所建議。
This study seeks to examine the rhetorical visions and the rhetorical strategies expatriates in Taiwan use in their blogs. Specifically, Bormann's method of fantasy theme analysis is employed to analyze the fantasy themes and the rhetorical visions embedded in a 26-page blog titled "Life and Living in Taiwan and Asia." The analysis reveals two primary categories of fantasy themes: (a) one at a personal level revolving around the protagonists – the blogging Canadian expatriate couple, and (b) the other at a historical/political level revolving around the country – Taiwan. The juxtaposition of the two categories of fantasy themes reveals two parallel yet linked rhetorical visions comprised of dialectical contradictions. Also, the rhetorical strategies identified in the comparison of the two categories of fantasy themes are discussed as well. Finally, this study has implications for the functions and the issue of self-representation in blogs.
