Relationship between content and design? The Digital Culturist does a much better job of creatively connecting the design of the content with the content itself. Images of various styles clutter its articles, helping visual readers to understand the primary concepts discussed in the text. Slate includes photographs, screenshots, and images of data. This design isContinue reading ““Digital Culturist” vs “Slate””
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Diving Deep: “Slate” Magazine
For a more in-depth analysis, I chose Slate magazine. I appreciated its home page design of space and eye-catching headings. I particularly analyzed the article “You Should Be Absolutely Terrified About the Economy” by Jordan Weissmann. Here, Weissmann presents the evidence that points toward the United States’s upcoming recession. He supports his argument by quotingContinue reading “Diving Deep: “Slate” Magazine”
Comparing Digital Publications
Academic Journal: Digital Culturist. This journal has a modern, simplistic design that takes advantage of its negative space. Along with being appealing to the eye, its Our Mission page establishes a casual voice, utilizing imagery that helps the reader to understand its message. Digital Culturist explores the relationship between humans and technology. It recognizes theContinue reading “Comparing Digital Publications”
The Kairos Journal
An Analysis Audience: teachers, academic institutions, students, scholars. It discusses changes in the world, particularly related to the field of rhetoric, that are relevant to the individuals and organizations involved in writing and technology. Design: colorful, modern, nontraditional. It pushes back on the old style of academic texts to explore mediums of color, font, andContinue reading “The Kairos Journal”
Aurality: Overarching Concepts
When reading Selfe’s paper, there are key ideas that you must understand when dissecting her argument. BIAS. Bias has had an extremely invasive impact on the world of academia and its view on composition. This bias persists the misconception of how writing is supposedly more “sophisticated” and “complex” than other forms of communication (Sawyer qtd.Continue reading “Aurality: Overarching Concepts”
Aurality: A Summary
Selfe’s entire argument is like our other readings, in that it is not an either/or argument. Rather, she persuades that written composition should be treated as equally as aurality and multimodal composition. She gives her readers a history of the Western world’s bias. Speech and recitation were once valued above all else . . .Continue reading “Aurality: A Summary”
“Composition in a New Key”: Helpful Terms
The following terms refer to the three big concepts that Yancey believes must be considered when developing a new, relevant, and inclusive composition curriculum. Circulation of Composition. Circulation of composition is the the circulation of text across spaces, time, and media, and within educational culture. As Yancey quotes Charles Bazerman and David Russell, this circulationContinue reading ““Composition in a New Key”: Helpful Terms”
“Composition in a New Key”: A Summary
When looking at the article in its whole, Yancey’s call to action is very similar to George’s. Both women are demanding that composition courses adapt and become more inclusive to the technological and cultural changes of today’s world. George specifically focuses on visual communication, while Yancey tackles the entirety of composition, in how it mustContinue reading ““Composition in a New Key”: A Summary”
Visual Communication: Helpful Terms
Visual Thinking. George quotes William Costanzo, an expert in film, in her article. She does so because of his thoughts on how film and images are closely linked to writing. In his view, visual thinking, or thinking in terms of design, is a “way of understanding the written word” (24). This concept is one thatContinue reading “Visual Communication: Helpful Terms”
Visual Communication: A Summary
Diana George’s primary argument is that due to the way children’s imaginations thrive when working with images, composition courses should include visual communications. She recognizes that today’s children grow up in a very visual culture. Before they are students or even able to read words, children are reading images. George advocates for teachers to recognizeContinue reading “Visual Communication: A Summary”
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