Category: Wk 6: Attention, Persuasion, Resistance
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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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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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Rhetoric, Code, and Bias
This article explores how rhetoric is such a fundamental part of how language functions it even exist in non-human languages, like computer-coded language.
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Code as Communication
One key idea he brings up is procedural rhetoric, which is how systems and rules, like those in video games or apps.
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Heartbleed and Rhetorical Code
Heartbleed exposed how even simple code flaws carry massive rhetorical and security consequences in digital systems.
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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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Rhetoric, Code, and Morality
Code can be meaningful no matter what the programmer sets out to do with it. An “if-else” statement can hold as much rhetoric in it as a persuasive essay.
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Breaking Down Code
Analyzing code and how it interconnects with being rhetorical. Every line of code is written with a choice with its own meaning.
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Coding As a Teacher
Code developers and teachers have something major in common- they both create something meant to be experienced and interpreted.
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Why Rhetorical Code Studies Matter in the Age of AI
Rhetorical code studies explores code as a form of communication. Understanding code rhetorically is more important than ever.
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Rhetoric of Code: Who Else Didn’t Know This Was a Thing?
Rhetoric of code is a real thing. Shocker, I know. But it’s important as we interact with codes everyday. Learn how and why it’s important.
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Code Is Digital Rhetoric
Systems are set up by computers and are digitally programmed using a backend function created by technology. So, code must be a form of digital rhetoric.
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Code as Communication
As technology becomes more embedded in daily life, understanding how digital tools shape communication is more important than ever. This blog explores Kevin Brock’s perspective on the rhetorical nature of code, offering insight into how software is not only functional but also meaningful. It introduces the idea that programming languages can act as forms of…
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Code Breaking
Code is something we all know of, but not all of us know about. We especially know very little about the rhetorical implications it brings.