Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing for Digital Spaces. New posts arrive weekly throughout the semester.
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Algorithm: The Real Decision Marker
Algorithms aren’t neutral; they communicate values, shape behavior, and influence society, making them rhetorical, not just technical.
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Defining Features of New Media-Readers and Writers
Applen seeks to redefine literacy as design in new media while drawing to attention collaboration and critical awareness.
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Seeing Code as Communication in Brock’s Rhetorical Study
Brock’s work shows the rhetorical power of code and how digital tools shape meaning, guide choices, and influence the way we create and communicate.
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More than Just a Post
New media reveals how we translate the self into the digital world—blurring authenticity and performance in our online expression.
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New Media Today
Literacy today means using technology thoughtfully and with ethics; this also includes knowing how technology shapes culture and our view of reality.
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What is “New Media,” Anyway?
The concept of “new media” is ever evolving and changing in ways that should be exciting to anyone, no matter their profession.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Preparation (Wk 0): Privacy & Agency on the Web (87)
- Topic 1: Digital Situationships (361)
- Topic 2: Power Distribution (103)
- Topic 3: Public Audiences, Public Authors (145)
- Uncategorized (79)
- Unused Topics from Past Semesters (404)
- Connections (11)
- Mediums (64)
- New Media (30)
- New Media and Literacy (77)
- Refining Terms (16)
- Speaking, Writing, and Literacy (75)
- Text (79)
- The (Late) Age of Print (57)
- Traditional Writing (9)
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