Author Archives: Julia McDermott

In the chapter, the authors offer an approach–a set of guiding questions–for analyzing circulating text. Discuss their approach and how it might be applied to our rhetorical analysis. What does this approach bring to light that Wysocki’s approach does not? Unlike Wysocki’s approach, the approach that this chapter describes involves examining a work beyond itsContinue reading “2/11 Reading Response”

After introducing the reader to multiple media of texts, Wysocki offers a three-tiered approach for analyzing visual aspects of texts. Discuss her approach and how it might be applied to analyzing aspects of social media across different platforms or channels Wysocki’s three-tiered approach for analyzing visual aspects of texts begins with “Name the visual elementsContinue reading “2/4 Blog Post”

Drawing from examples in the readings, in what ways do platforms and modes influence the way we read, write, and circulate communications? Platforms and modes influence how people communicate in several different ways. Social media has allowed faster and universal communication as the world is much more connected now. The rise of digital media hasContinue reading “1/30 Blog Post”