In Diana George’s From Analysis to Design, she states her main focus which is “On arguments that have been made for including the visual in composition courses because these arguments are linked closely to discussions of basic literacy and even to English departments’ investments in literary studies rather than to professional communication’s emphasis on the… Continue reading Blog 6
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Metalanguage, according to Lisa’s Study Guides, is language that analyzes language. She talks about how choices in words can change the meaning and that analyzing texts by authors is an example of metalanguage because by analyzing, one is trying to figure out what the authors purpose is. Metalanguage in this context also stops one… Continue reading Blog 5
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The three parts of multi-literacy broken down are the why, what, and how. The definition states in the book Multiliteracies: the Beginning of an Idea “Multiliteracies- a word we chose because it describes two important arguments we might have with emerging cultural, institutional, and global order” (Cope 5). The first argument is correlated with meaning… Continue reading Blog 4
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Rhetoric in Digital Rhetoric: Theory, Method, Practice by Douglas Eyman states, “Rhetoric has a number of overlapping meanings: the practice of oratory; the study of the strategies of effective oratory; the use of language, written or spoken, to inform or persuade; the study of the persuasive effects of language; the study of the relation between language… Continue reading Blog 3
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This Ted Talk below showed the relationship between memes and digital rhetoric and how they work with each other. Overall, memes adapt with “societal values” and are a type of form of communicative digital rhetoric. He also states that “User interaction which creates viral sensations of a picture as the framework” and this relates to… Continue reading Blog 2
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Douglas Eyman’s Digital Rhetoric: Theory, Method, Practice gives a deeper insight on not only digital rhetoric but terms within it as well. As stated in Eyman’s book, digital rhetoric is “most simply defined as the application of rhetorical theory (as analytic method or heuristic for production) to digital texts and performances.” To make more sense… Continue reading Blog 1
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Going into the class Digital Rhetoric and Writing, I was not sure what exactly the course was about. I figured we would be using technology hence the digital part of the course, but I was not expecting to be creating a blog and using my deep creative thoughts and imagination. I am thrilled to be… Continue reading Blog 1
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