Fall 2017  |  WRIT 3577W Section 001: Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet (17117)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Science Teaching Student Svcs 432A
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
How persuasive communication is tailored to the Internet; how Internet technologies enable/limit persuasion; how to adapt rhetorical theory to 21st century digital writing; ethical issues, including free speech, copyright, fair use, privacy; rhetorics of social networks. prereq: Soph or jr or sr or instr consent
Class Description:
Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet is directed at better understanding how persuasive communication functions (and, sometimes, doesn't) in 21st Century networked digital spaces. The course briefly outlines the history of the Internet, including its founding cultures. The course also engages with the Internet as a specific technology (meaning we look briefly at the wiring) before turning to how to adapt rhetorical theory to 21st century digital spaces. We consider ethical issues, including free speech, copyright, fair use, privacy; and the rhetorics of social networks. Given the nature of the topic, some later class meetings will be left open to address especially current internet phenomena (cyber-bullying incidents, especially significant memes, or a striking #hashtag).
Class Format:
20% Lecture
60% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17117/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 December 2016

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