Procedural Rhetoric

Procedural rhetoric refers to how the rules and processes within a computer program or system influence the way users think, act, or understand a topic. Like a set of instructions or a game’s rules, it shapes experiences and arguments not through words alone but through the structure and interactions it enforces. For example, a simulation’s design can actively promote certain viewpoints by highlighting particular outcomes or decisions. Essentially, procedural rhetoric is about how the design of digital systems uses their procedures to persuade or communicate ideas, making the process itself a form of argument or expression.