This essay examines the unique place of focus groups within the recent turn to field methods in rhetorical studies and argues for a rhetorical theory of the action that takes place there. Using the design and data from a focus group study the authors conducted on ethical discussions of gene editing, it theorizes the group dynamics and rhetorical action of focus groups using Foss and Griffin’s theory of invitational rhetoric, and argues that an invitational approach may help scholars to better appreciate focus groups not only as a method of rhetorical studies but also as an original site of rhetorical action.

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“继续说话，我一直在改变主意”：焦点小组研究中邀请修辞的价值

本文考察了焦点小组在最近转向修辞研究领域方法中的独特地位，并论证了在那里发生的行动的修辞理论。使用作者对基因编辑伦理讨论进行的焦点小组研究的设计和数据，它使用 Foss 和 Griffin 的邀请修辞理论对焦点小组的群体动态和修辞行为进行了理论化，并认为邀请方法可能有助于学者们更好地理解焦点小组不仅是一种修辞研究的方法，而且是修辞行动的原始场所。