Justin Mando is associate professor of science and technical writing in the Department of English at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Justin Mando shows the importance of looking at place-based discourse to understand how people construct meanings in talking about the environment. Through sensitive observations of stakeholders’ rhetorical presentations at public hearings he shows how seemingly straightforward descriptions of hydraulic fracturing reveal how these speakers evaluate and position themselves towards this controversial technology. This work makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of literature on one of the most contentious environmental issues of the day.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Hydraulic Fracturing and the Public Rhetoric of PlaceChapter One Shaping Place with Public RhetoricChapter Two Vast Pennsylvania, Unique Pennsylvania: Synecdoche and the Representation of PlaceChapter Three Constructing the Vicarious Experience of Proximity in a Marcellus Shale Public HearingChapter Four Vicarious Proximity as a Micro-Rhetorical Strategy of Image RepairChapter Five Conclusion: Themes, Challenges and Findings for Public Place-Based Rhetoric

Justin Mando is associate professor of science and technical writing in the Department of English at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Justin Mando shows the importance of looking at place-based discourse to understand how people construct meanings in talking about the environment. Through sensitive observations of stakeholders’ rhetorical presentations at public hearings he shows how seemingly straightforward descriptions of hydraulic fracturing reveal how these speakers evaluate and position themselves towards this controversial technology. This work makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of literature on one of the most contentious environmental issues of the day.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Hydraulic Fracturing and the Public Rhetoric of PlaceChapter One Shaping Place with Public RhetoricChapter Two Vast Pennsylvania, Unique Pennsylvania: Synecdoche and the Representation of PlaceChapter Three Constructing the Vicarious Experience of Proximity in a Marcellus Shale Public HearingChapter Four Vicarious Proximity as a Micro-Rhetorical Strategy of Image RepairChapter Five Conclusion: Themes, Challenges and Findings for Public Place-Based Rhetoric

Justin Mando is associate professor of science and technical writing in the Department of English at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Justin Mando shows the importance of looking at place-based discourse to understand how people construct meanings in talking about the environment. Through sensitive observations of stakeholders’ rhetorical presentations at public hearings he shows how seemingly straightforward descriptions of hydraulic fracturing reveal how these speakers evaluate and position themselves towards this controversial technology. This work makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of literature on one of the most contentious environmental issues of the day.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Hydraulic Fracturing and the Public Rhetoric of PlaceChapter One Shaping Place with Public RhetoricChapter Two Vast Pennsylvania, Unique Pennsylvania: Synecdoche and the Representation of PlaceChapter Three Constructing the Vicarious Experience of Proximity in a Marcellus Shale Public HearingChapter Four Vicarious Proximity as a Micro-Rhetorical Strategy of Image RepairChapter Five Conclusion: Themes, Challenges and Findings for Public Place-Based Rhetoric