Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing for Digital Spaces. New posts arrive weekly throughout the semester.
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How Do We Study Digital Rhetoric?
How do researchers study the way people communicate online? Crystal VanKooten shows why digital rhetoric needs more than one method.
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Digital Rhetoric Research
A response to VanKooten’s article “Methodologies and Methods for Research in Digital Rhetoric” on Digital Rhetoric research and opinions on her findings.
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What Makes Digital Rhetoric Rhetorical?
From TikTok to personalized recommendations, digital rhetoric shapes how we communicate, connect, and influence each other online.
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How do texts connect? Understanding intertextuality.
Intertextuality shows us that texts don’t exist alone—they connect to other ideas, stories, and media, creating deeper meanings for audiences.
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Being Online Doesn’t Mean Being Digitally Literate
Explores the difference between using technology for entertainment and knowing how to use digital tools effectively for communication and learning.
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Week 2 Blog: Digital v Material, Hypertextual v Connected
Wampum Belts were versions of Hypertect that native americans used to communicate alliances or deals with eachother through beads!
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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