Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing for Digital Spaces. New posts arrive weekly throughout the semester.
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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.
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Fast Fashion Reigns By Its’ Design
Fast fashion, particularly Shein, has designed its platforms to emphasize urgency and efficiency, propelling consumers to mimic this behavior.
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New Media & Literacy
New media and literacy alters how self expression is shown from printed text to digital format like with images and posts.
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Beyond the Scroll: How Digital Literacy Helps Us Escape the Algorithm
Is your digital identity yours, or a product of the algorithm? Explore Elianna Bravo’s take on digital literacy to help break the digital matrix.
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How Digital Literacy and Writing Are Changing Literacy Today
Screens transform reading into an interactive process where text shifts, links guide meaning, and users shape how digital writing is experienced.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Preparation (Wk 0): Privacy & Agency on the Web (86)
- Topic 1: Digital Situationships (361)
- Topic 2: Power Distribution (100)
- 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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