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themes: -attention to detail to describe setting > try to give overall picture- poor work environment -templates- streamline/impersonalize work -[in]convenience- customers call to get people to do work for things they don’t have time for tracking: -working conditions disturbing -power dynamic that exists even when impersonal- feel that doing this yourself is below you/not inContinue reading “engagement 3/11”

Part 1 Research Question: How does having a specific audience influence what and how you write? I am curious to know how having a set audience (current members and alumni of Pi Beta Phi) influences the content and means of writing, and how content is chosen and maintains originality. I am also interested to knowContinue reading “SWA 1”

Additional interview question for TV writer: How has the industry changed since you have been a part of it and how has that influenced your writing? Different demands for type of writing? Has what audience wants/supports shifted and how does that make your job more difficult?

It seems that every aspect of life today has some relation to social media, an element of society that has become unavoidable. Nakamura argues that interference by women of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community in racist and sexist discourse is unpaid reproductive labor and that the act of educating white members of societyContinue reading “Nakamura Response”

General Questions: -How does your audience influence what/how you write? -Do you feel as though writing is valued within society? Do you feel as though your writing is a form of currency &/or contributes to society? -How has technology changed the way you work and what or how you produce (your writing)? -What skills areContinue reading “engagement 3/4”

I associate Brandt’s description of “mediation” as a writer being the sort of in-between step concerning information and an audience (or just the general public). Writers are communicators and filters in a way, as they seek out or are given information, and then choose the pieces important enough to share, manufacturing the best way inContinue reading “engagement 3/2”

Brandt argues that vast importance exists in writing in the knowledge economy, as it is a means of communicating but can also be a product itself. Regulation exists because of the power of writing and literacy hold in certain settings, and as the knowledge economy expands, so does this oversight. In today’s world, adaptability isContinue reading “Brandt Response”

I am examining secrets as a form of currency and the intertwined nature of money of power, both of which enable the entertainment value exists within wealth. Gossip Girl is centered around both of these issues, and the existence of the show itself is commentary on the marketability and drama of wealth disparities. The problemContinue reading “Rationale Workshop”

Tolentino uses rhetoric to urge people to examine the #MeToo movement from a different perspective, highlighting that this movement and the women fueling it– those speaking out and speaking up– has led to men desperately acting to hold on to power and maintain hierarchies. This is an atypical conversation path to take when discussing #MeToo,Continue reading “engagement 2/26- rhetorical analysis in the wild”

Example passive aggressive note: TO: messy eaters As much as I LOVE cleaning up other people’s messes, and I do love it, because who doesn’t enjoy doing EXTRA work at their place of employment, it would be just great if certain individuals would stop leaving their trash and dishes around. Please and thank you Sincerely,Continue reading “engagement 2/24”