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Date Permissions Signed

5-15-2008

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Brown, Nicole R.

Second Advisor

Qualley, Donna J., 1952-

Third Advisor

Smith, William

Abstract

"We Have Another Moment: 'Rhetoric and Composition' + 'Web 2.0'" responds to recent rhetoric and composition scholarship on digital writing, such as that of Kathleen Blake Yancey, who claims that the internet has given rise to a "writing public." The writer argues that not only do we have a writing public that is changing the nature of writing, but we have a writing public that is changing the nature of the way in which information is delivered, organized, conceptualized, marketed, and copyrighted. The writer analyzes the rhetoric surrounding "web 2.0," the current manifestation of the writing public, and its components through the lens of ecology and genre theory. Seeing web 2.0 as ecological enables scholars to see the interactions between writer, machine, localized uses of rhetoric, and larger sign systems. Literacy, in a web 2.0 ecology, becomes praxis: a simultaneous consumption and production of text that necessitates negotiation of both connection and disconnection. Further analysis of web 2.0 enables rhetoric and composition scholars to consider not only how public writing is changing, but also how public writing changes the nature of academic writing. Redefining the nature of writing implies that we must continue to reconsider literacy both amongst academics and students so that we may continue to make English studies a site of both critical consumption and thoughtful production of texts.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/bgdc-w505

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

237217877

Subject – LCSH

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Technological innovations English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Technological innovations; Web 2.0; Academic writing--Study and teaching--Technological innovations; Information technology

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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