These are my discussions on concepts taught in Topics in Digital Rhetoric.
I am taken back to one of the first academic blog posts I wrote on my page. It was titled, “A 56k connection made me the man I am today”. Using the criteria from the assignment guidelines helped me to produce some of the most enlightening work I have produced. The concepts taught in this […]
The vinyl comeback is like many trends that have been passed from one generation to a next. It is apparent in many iterations of media that the comeback is happening. My research shows that not only is there a debate about the commercial opportunities surrounding the vinyl comeback, but also objective reasons such as overall […]
I am a part of the generation that has never known a life without the existence of the Internet. I can remember being seven years old in 2003 when Britney Spears’ song Toxic came out. My older sister showed me the music video that was hosted on America Online’s landing page. This music video was […]
Driving through the winding roads of Helen, Georgia is like taking a journey through space to the Rhineland. Helen is ripe with German tradition and customs. One of the biggest events of the year in Helen is the annual Oktoberfest. This brings in thousands of people to the city which bolsters the local economy. People […]
The Internet can act as a forum for creators to debut their newest works to mass audiences. In the last several years I have witnessed and been directly involved with what is called meme culture. To millennials and frequent users of social media this term makes perfect sense and some might even identify as being […]
The above video is a condensed synopsis of the post below. The history of the modern turntable runs deep, almost 150 years deep. The first phonograph was developed in the late 1800’s by famous american inventor Thomas Edison. A phonograph is a device that uses a disc that has been etched with grooves that […]
I am particularly excited to write on the topic of Internet dialect since I often tell people that, “I was raised partly by parents, and wholly by the internet”. I can remember to this day the first time I accessed the Internet. I was around five years old when we got our first computer, that […]
In order for content creators to be successful they must not only know how to use techniques of rhetorical appeal but they must also know which technique is most effective for the medium in which the message is being sent. For example today I went to the dentist for a procedure and they talked to […]
I recall a vivid memory of mine. I can still close my eyes and see it. My mother helping my grandmother browse the internet to order some thread online. My grandma was born in a time when smartphones, watches, and televisions were the product of science fiction movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey or sci-fi […]
