Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing for Digital Spaces. New posts arrive weekly throughout the semester.
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New Media & Identity
New Media has changed how we communicate and express ourselves on digital platforms, and how we present our identity online.
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Packer, Jordan, and Manovich on New Media
This article reviews the differing definitions of new media as proposed by Randall Packer, Ken Jordan, and Lev Manovich.
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Social Media as New Media
What makes social media “new”? Explore Packer and Jordan’s 5 characteristics of New Media and how they define our modern digital rhetoric and strategy.
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That “New, New” Media
New media is assumed to be something separate from older forms of media but is actually a continuation evolution of them.
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Rethinking “New Media”: Why Definitions Matter More Than Ever
What actually makes media “new”? Eyeman shows that definitions shift constantly, and that’s exactly what makes digital rhetoric so powerful.
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The Importance of New Media
New media is important because it creates chances to gain new perspectives through digital communication from anywhere around the world.
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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