In the beginning of chapter four of “Alphabet That Thinks” Lahnam states, “Electronic text provides powerful new ways to allocate human attention”(130). Lahnam into detail explaining that the various technologies concerning text has changed the way in which information is handled and distributed. Lahnam goes further into detail and discussed the model called C-B-S which stands for “Clarity-Brevity-Sincerity” this model is used for human communication. He explains that because we communicate with words, words should be seen as “things.” He asks the reader the question of what would happen when we move from print work to the instability of digital expression.
I agree with Lanham in that if we were to follow the C-B-S model our lives would be far different and very boring. When you strip away certain creative acts of communication we lose our selves. Lanham states, “The C-B-S ideal of communication, while great for moral exhortation, proves of limited use in analyzing actual acts of communication. Powerful and important, but limited”(140). I agree with this statement personally the ability to produce a piece of communication in a creative way is something we are constantly trying to produce, to be creative is to be noticed. . The “domain” of rhetoric was said to be compared to slang and the creative ways we use words. It was stated through the text that plain language is often compared to plain living most of us wouldn’t like to be around “plain” language throughout our day. Language is fundamental to our society, it is how we communicate with others, and express our feelings.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
The Texting Technology
There has been a major progression with writing from writing on tablets, walls, paper to now writing on screens which are small and big. The progression of writing has came rapidly, and many people believe because of the new forms of writing, writing with pen and paper may become obsolete. This is similar to thousands of years ago where people felt that writing was dangerous to the mind, in that we were depending on writing then our minds. I remember reading about how Plato Socrates was against writing because it could not do what speaking could do. Although many people felt this way, many saw the good in writing as well. Kalmback states, “Writing systems were no longer solely a means of preserving traditional texts. They could be used to create new ideas and to communicate those ideas to others. New technologies enabled the Greeks to use written language in new ways”(222). All of these things are how many people feel about actual writing with pen and paper then “typing,” as well as question how switching to a keyboard and screen will affect the younger generation in learning to read and write.
Kalmback mentions many writing technologies through his book, some I did not know about previously to this reading. As I have said it is interesting to see the progression of writing, of where we were to where we are now. Another form of technology that is very popular in today’s society is texting. Texting on a cell phone has taken writing to a new medium. We now are able to carry portable devices everywhere we go, and communicate with one another as much as we like in a fast amount of time. We text constantly and its convenient when our devices are a key part of our lives where they are with us wherever we go. Texting has changed the way we communicate, in that we no longer have to write a letter to someone, mail it, and wait days until it gets there, and wait days until that person writes us back. Today, it is all instantaneous. We can communicate with someone half way across the world and have conversations in a day that many people years ago would take months to discuss through the mail.
Texting is indeed changing the way people read and write. We no longer are writing with pen and paper we are now “texting” through a virtual keyboard and a small screen which is with us wherever we go. Many people are fearful in the way this may affect our reading and writing skills, in my experience I learned to read and write the old fashion way with pencil, pen and paper. Now I hardly write with these tools, I constantly use a keyboard, virtual keyboard and screen to communicate with whoever it may be. I often wonder if writing with pen and pencil will become obsolete with the younger generation, how will texting and typing affect their learning? Will schools continue to teach reading and writing as they used to? Or will they use technology to teach reading and writing? I remember, I had just gotten into 4th grade when they started teaching students how to type on a computer. This makes me wonder how much younger they are starting children in learning to type. Only time will tell….
Peeples, Tim. Professional Writing and Rhetoric:Readings from the Field. 218-233. Print.
Kalmback mentions many writing technologies through his book, some I did not know about previously to this reading. As I have said it is interesting to see the progression of writing, of where we were to where we are now. Another form of technology that is very popular in today’s society is texting. Texting on a cell phone has taken writing to a new medium. We now are able to carry portable devices everywhere we go, and communicate with one another as much as we like in a fast amount of time. We text constantly and its convenient when our devices are a key part of our lives where they are with us wherever we go. Texting has changed the way we communicate, in that we no longer have to write a letter to someone, mail it, and wait days until it gets there, and wait days until that person writes us back. Today, it is all instantaneous. We can communicate with someone half way across the world and have conversations in a day that many people years ago would take months to discuss through the mail.
Texting is indeed changing the way people read and write. We no longer are writing with pen and paper we are now “texting” through a virtual keyboard and a small screen which is with us wherever we go. Many people are fearful in the way this may affect our reading and writing skills, in my experience I learned to read and write the old fashion way with pencil, pen and paper. Now I hardly write with these tools, I constantly use a keyboard, virtual keyboard and screen to communicate with whoever it may be. I often wonder if writing with pen and pencil will become obsolete with the younger generation, how will texting and typing affect their learning? Will schools continue to teach reading and writing as they used to? Or will they use technology to teach reading and writing? I remember, I had just gotten into 4th grade when they started teaching students how to type on a computer. This makes me wonder how much younger they are starting children in learning to type. Only time will tell….
Peeples, Tim. Professional Writing and Rhetoric:Readings from the Field. 218-233. Print.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Blog Four
I’ve learned many things since the semester has begun in DTC355. It is very difficult to choose one topic that I believe is the most important for they have all taught me new things that I believe will all be valuable to me in the future. I enjoyed learning and working with Comic Life this project eased me in to learning the new software I will be learning through the semester. Now after I have finished my project with Comic Life I see many similarities with Adobe Photoshop. I believe Comic Life prepared me to better understand Adobe Photoshop on a more complex level; it in a way gave me a preview of what may come with working with Photoshop. Along with Comic Life, I believe learning Adobe Photoshop has been very important software and has taught me many aspects of the software I did not know was possible to accomplish.
Along with the software I have learned this semester in DTC355, I believe learning about Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity will in turn help me with my Adobe Photoshop skills as well as my Dreamweaver skills. The CRAP principles are the four main principles we constantly come back to in class, which I believe shows the necessity to learn the principles well.
While surfing the web I was looking for links that represented Burbuels definitions of his tropes. I randomly went on a Fox News website because I found a link that directed me there. While on the Fox News website I had found an image of the Twighlight book, I was immediately influenced to click on it without even reading the text below the image of what the article would be about. I realized since my rhetoric card we are very influenced to click on links without even knowing what we may find, which could be why we click on them because of the curiosity that we won’t know what to expect. We often get lucky and find great information when we click on a link we may not have otherwised clicked on if it had not been highlighted, or we may get disappointed that we had found nothing that interested us when clicking on the link. I was disappointed when I had clicked on that Twighlight image, because the article was nothing I was interested in, even though it was funny. The article was about the popular image of the hands on the front cover of the book, and how the person whose hands were photograph was offended because she was not getting the attention she thought she deserved.
While reading the article I saw a link that said “massage therapist,” I clicked on the link and it took me to a Chiropractic site. I believe this link is seen as a “Metaphor.” Burbuels states, “Web links can be read as metaphors when apparently unrelated textual points are associated”(111). Although the fox news article was stating how the women hand model was a massage therapist, that link took me to a site concerning chiropractic specialists which are different topics but do have similarities in that we were given more information about chiropractic specialists and more information about health, stories from patients, and myths and facts. This link may also be seen as a “Metonymy,” Burbuels uses an example of a page on “Vacation Spots” may take you to “How to Avoid Pickpockets”(112). This is similar to what we saw on through this link with massage therapists and chiropractic specialists.
While on the Fox News website I also clicked on “The ‘Social Network’ $cores,” the article gave the rankings in the box office from all the movies that are currently out in theaters. While reading the article “Warner Bros” was able to be clicked on, as I did the link lead me to another page concerning four different links of articles I could choose from. I saw this link as Antistasis which as Burbuels states, “A less familiar trope involves the repetition of a word –the ‘same’ word—in a different context”(113). I saw this trope and its examples that Burbuels stated very relevant to the link I had found. The “Warner Bros” link linked me to many different articles that provided the ‘same’ word in a different setting as seen in the four links that were given.
Burbules, Nicholas. Rheotrics of the Web: Hyperreading and Critical Literacy. 102-120. Print.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/10/03/twilight-model-seeks-hand-glory/?test=faces
http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/movies/studios/warner-bros.htm
Along with the software I have learned this semester in DTC355, I believe learning about Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity will in turn help me with my Adobe Photoshop skills as well as my Dreamweaver skills. The CRAP principles are the four main principles we constantly come back to in class, which I believe shows the necessity to learn the principles well.
While surfing the web I was looking for links that represented Burbuels definitions of his tropes. I randomly went on a Fox News website because I found a link that directed me there. While on the Fox News website I had found an image of the Twighlight book, I was immediately influenced to click on it without even reading the text below the image of what the article would be about. I realized since my rhetoric card we are very influenced to click on links without even knowing what we may find, which could be why we click on them because of the curiosity that we won’t know what to expect. We often get lucky and find great information when we click on a link we may not have otherwised clicked on if it had not been highlighted, or we may get disappointed that we had found nothing that interested us when clicking on the link. I was disappointed when I had clicked on that Twighlight image, because the article was nothing I was interested in, even though it was funny. The article was about the popular image of the hands on the front cover of the book, and how the person whose hands were photograph was offended because she was not getting the attention she thought she deserved.
While reading the article I saw a link that said “massage therapist,” I clicked on the link and it took me to a Chiropractic site. I believe this link is seen as a “Metaphor.” Burbuels states, “Web links can be read as metaphors when apparently unrelated textual points are associated”(111). Although the fox news article was stating how the women hand model was a massage therapist, that link took me to a site concerning chiropractic specialists which are different topics but do have similarities in that we were given more information about chiropractic specialists and more information about health, stories from patients, and myths and facts. This link may also be seen as a “Metonymy,” Burbuels uses an example of a page on “Vacation Spots” may take you to “How to Avoid Pickpockets”(112). This is similar to what we saw on through this link with massage therapists and chiropractic specialists.
While on the Fox News website I also clicked on “The ‘Social Network’ $cores,” the article gave the rankings in the box office from all the movies that are currently out in theaters. While reading the article “Warner Bros” was able to be clicked on, as I did the link lead me to another page concerning four different links of articles I could choose from. I saw this link as Antistasis which as Burbuels states, “A less familiar trope involves the repetition of a word –the ‘same’ word—in a different context”(113). I saw this trope and its examples that Burbuels stated very relevant to the link I had found. The “Warner Bros” link linked me to many different articles that provided the ‘same’ word in a different setting as seen in the four links that were given.
Burbules, Nicholas. Rheotrics of the Web: Hyperreading and Critical Literacy. 102-120. Print.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/10/03/twilight-model-seeks-hand-glory/?test=faces
http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/movies/studios/warner-bros.htm
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