Category: Unused Topics from Past Semesters
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Dynamics of New Media
Shifting dynamics of new media reflects on the evolving relationship between writing, literacy, and technology in society.
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Transtioning
This shift challenges traditional rhetorical models and requires transitioning to new ways of constructing and sharing knowledge.
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Communication is Power
Our communication revolves entirely around speaking, writing, and literacy. However, many people struggle with these concepts.
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Limited Ways of Learning
Applen describes the setbacks of written learning. Written words remain unchanged and “just sit there on the page” (Applen 4).
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Physical or Digital Book?
Nothing beats the immersive experience of holding a physical book, sipping tea, and getting lost in a story with no distractions.
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Reading Away Goldfish Memory
In “Phaedrus,” Plato worries that with literacy will come a forgetfulness. But in my case, literacy helps me remember things.
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Learning as an Artist
There are books on how to draw, but you must take that information and literally put pen to paper to learn something from them.
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Media ft. Messenger Pigeons
Media is a massive influence, no question. New media has shaped the world in countless ways, and it’s up to us, the users, to understand how.
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Message of Media
Explore how Marshall McLuhan’s theory of media shapes the way we acquire and share knowledge, from traditional media to today’s digital platforms.
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How media has affected us as readers and writers
Media has taken over our generation in enormously different ways. J.D Applen addresses the media takeover in his piece “Writing for
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Message & Mediums
Explores Marshall McLuhan’s concept of “the medium is the message”, highlighting how different media forms shape our knowledge.
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Is Google Ruining Us?
Digital platforms and mediums significantly shape our thinking, with rhetorical influences evident on analysis sites like Google.
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Theories of the Message Mediums
McLuhan’s theory that the medium is the message suggests that the medium significantly influences how content is perceived and understood.
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Message Mediums & Platforms
In order to properly understand technology, we must first have an understanding of how it affects our culture and society
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Platforms and Media
Media and Platforms. Information is more available to access in various forms, having an impact on people. But how much and how harmful?