Genre as Social Action examines genres through recurrent situations and the actions people recognise in them. Miller’s formulation moves beyond classification by textual appearance. It complements Bakhtin’s approach while retaining its own rhetorical lineage and encourages diagnosis of purpose before selection of a template.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitTheories & Explanatory Models
- DomainMeaning & Clarity
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.