Category: Unused Topics from Past Semesters
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Text: More than Words
Text goes beyond words on a page. In digital spaces, text is “in motion,” conveying meaning through multimodal forms of communication.
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Text in Digital Rhetoric: Understanding Meaning in Online Communication
Close-up photo of a page filled with dense typed essay text, showing paragraphs of writing printed neatly on white paper.
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Speech, Text, and Literacy in Media
Evolution of different types of communication like speech, text, and literacy through old media, new media, and knowledge
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Fortnite is a Digital Experience
Fortnite is a popular game that is still in the video gaming world! It is also considered a text, especially in the digital aspect. But how?
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Writing, Memory, and the Shape of Thought
Writing transformed human consciousness by fixing thought in text, while digital media reshapes how orality and literacy interact today.
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Communication is Key!
Communication takes many forms, some old and some new. Whether spoken or written, communication shapes how we view the world around us.
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Redefining Literacy in the Age of Old and New Media
Peaceful mountains with a winding path symbolize literacy evolving through social, cultural, and technological change over time.
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The Greek Tragedy: Spoken and Written Culture
The Greek aoidos are a powerful example, showing how culture first spread through oral storytelling and then was later adopted to writing.
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Rethinking Interactivity in Digital Rhetoric
What interactivity really means in digital media and why interface design, algorithms, and platform rules matter for digital communication.
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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.
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Clicks,Codes, and Culture: Defining New Media
Defining new media means exploring how technology, culture, and communication connect to shape how we create, share, and understand information.
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New Media
New media is computer accessible. It is also referred to as a cultural object since the history of media is important when referring to new media.
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The Power of Remix in New Media
Remix defines new media—it’s how creators blend technology, culture, and imagination to transform old forms into something completely new.
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The Ecology of New Media
Eyman emphasizes how ecology plays a big part in new media. New media is thrives on interconnection and is networked. We need awareness.