We’ve discussed how new media brings with it new expectations for writing. No matter what the medium, understanding the rhetorical situation is crucial to effective communication. Good writing begins with audience and purpose. Who are you writing for and why? Genre and context are also important. Are you trying to convince your audience, inform them, tell them a story? What are the social or cultural implications? New media, though, brings in a new element to the rhetorical situation–delivery. Right now, Jay Bolter argues, “our literate culture is using the computer to refashion the printed book, which as the most recent dominate technology, is the most open to challenge” (23). A process he calls “remediation.”
For your blog post this week, review your notes on Bolter’s “Writing as Technology” essay. Pay careful attention to the section on remediation. Then, discuss what about your literacy narrative you want to remediate into your final project now that you’ve seen how Wix works. How might you use your website to address your original research question? How can you use new media to respond to your rhetorical situation? You aren’t limited to these questions, but they might help get you started.