Author: Courtney F
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Intertextuality and Digital Media: A Million References in One
In the world of digital media, intertextuality is used in everything we do, from memes to slogans, headlines, movies and even songs.
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Human-Computer Interaction: What a Bore
By studying from a rhetorical perspective, analysis can show how interfaces reveal assumptions regarding user behavior and identity.
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The Medium is the Message, and the Message is Unclear
Digital platforms do not function as a neutral space for content but as a performance of rhetoric that shapes public discourse.
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Rhetorical Code: Words Mean Things
Last time I checked, code is primarily written for interpretation by machines, the computer, inherent compliers. Machines cannot interpret rhetoric.
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New Media: The Transformation of The Digital Age
New media has disrupted the gatekeeping model. Unlike traditional knowledge systems, new media enables peer-to-peer knowledge creation.
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Literacy at Risk: The Internet is the Bad Place.
Literacy education must adapt to help users become critical thinkers in a world where content is constantly remediated and restructured.
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Print in a Digital World: The Late Age of Print
Printed books remain intact for years, even decades, which allows for print to maintain its stability and textual integrity.
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The Role of Visual Rhetoric
Visual rhetoric works with digital rhetoric to ensure imagery is not just “for show” but for persuasion and information. Multimodal cohesion is necessary.
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Lost in Textlation: Elements of Digital Rhetoric in Text Messaging
Digital text is not limited to a public platform. We spend much of our lives texting and we often lose sight of its key function: effective rhetoric.
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Hypertext: The Branches of the Digital Reading Experience
Hypertexts are defined as a nonlinear system of text that directs readers to related pieces of information within the main text through hyperlink.
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Beyond Technical Skills: The Role of Rhetoric in Digital Literacy
Digital sign systems build by incorporating visual, auditory, textual and interactive elements. This makes its impact more memorable in comparison.
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The Digital Illusion: Writing in a Post-Analog World
The digital systems wield the power to reinterpret analog texts, restructuring to create new layers of meaning, fluidity and complete independence.
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Who Ran Off with All My Data? Our Role in Our Loss of Privacy
The internet now serves as a marketplace, our data being its currency.Every click, search, and post contribute to an intricate digital profile.