ISBN:
9780809331475
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (184 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.23/1
Keywords:
Online authorship
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Digital media
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Communication and technology
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Multimedia systems-Design
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Communication and technology
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Digital media
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Multimedia systems ; Design
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Online authorship
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Like. Share. Comment. Subscribe. Embed. Upload. Check in. The commands of the modern online world relentlessly prompt participation and encourage collaboration, connecting people in ways not possible even five years ago. This connectedness no doubt influences college writing courses in both form and content, creating possibilities for investigating new forms of writing and student participation. In this innovative volume, Sarah J. Arroyo argues for a "participatory composition," inspired by the culture of online video sharing and framed by theorist Gregory Ulmer's concept of electracy. Electracy, according to Ulmer, "is to digital media what literacy is to alphabetic writing." Although electracy can be compared to digital literacy, it is not something shut on and off with the power buttons on computers or mobile devices. Rather, electracy encompasses the cultural, institutional, pedagogical, and ideological implications inherent in the transition from a culture of print literacy to a culture saturated with electronic media, regardless of the presence of actual machines. Arroyo explores the apparatus of electracy in many of its manifestations while focusing on the participatory practices found in online video culture, particularly on YouTube. Chapters are devoted to questions of subjectivity, definition, authorship, and pedagogy. Utilizing theory and incorporating practical examples from YouTube, classrooms, and other social sites, Arroyo presents accessible and practical approaches for writing instruction. Additionally, she outlines the concept of participatory composition by highlighting how it manifests in online video culture, offers student examples of engagement with the concept, and advocates participatory approaches throughout the book. Arroyo presents accessible and practical possibilities for teaching and learning that will benefit
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Electracy, Videocy, and Participatory Composition -- 2. Recasting Subjectivity for Electracy: From Singularities to Tubers -- 3. The Question of Definition: Choric Invention and Participatory Composition -- 4. Who Speaks When Something Is Spoken? Playing Nice in Video Culture -- 5. Participatory Pedagogy: Merging Postprocess and Postpedagogy -- 6. Afterword: Productive Knowledge, Participatory Composition -- Notes -- Works Cited and Consulted -- Index -- Author Biography -- Back Cover.
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