Welcome!
This is INFO/WRIT 303 Writing Across Media, Spring 2025. This website has the most updated information for our schedule and syllabus. The course readings and documents are entirely digital and no textbook is required. I’m looking forward to having a great semester. There are some exciting things planned ahead of us!
Today’s Schedule:
• Introductions
• Website Tour & Syllabus
Looking ahead:
Assignments
• Read – http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/emojis-rapid-evolution.html
• Create – a WAM blog and post the link to Canvas, before next class (12:30PM, Thursday 1/23/25) for participation
points. Each blog will be linked to our class website.
Blog Setup Directions
[As stated in the Syllabus]:
Individual Course Blog – You will need to create a blog. You may choose your web platform (i.e. Squarespace, Weebly, WordPress, Medium, Wix, Adobe Portfolio/Behance, or other free open-source design picks like the options featured in the following link – https://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/best-blogging-platforms-121413634 ).
The blog is a space for you to wrestle with ideas and meanings in the course content, raise your own questions, and investigate your own interests around multimodality and writing across media. Plan to create at least 8 posts (300-500 words each) over the course of the semester. While you are encouraged to create posts as frequently as you wish, and to use this space as process journal, the class schedule will have reminders for formal posting dates/requirements. Your blog’s address/streaming link will be attached to the course blogroll and will be public to me and your classmates. Post accordingly.
NOTE: Blog prompts, along with their specified due dates, can be found on your course calendar.
Here’s a link to help you set up a blog (on WordPress): https://wordpress.com/start/about You should not have to pay for the service. Double check that you’re not creating a new domain and choose a free theme to design your blog.
Here are some links that may be helpful to create your first blog:
• “Emojipedia”, online resource for emojis ( https://emojipedia.org/ )
• Giphy, online resource for gifs ( https://giphy.com/ )
• Adobe Express ( https://express.adobe.com/ )
• NOTE: Don’t be afraid to experiment with your phone apps and then transfer the
material
Happy blogging!
Visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/13OnHlueKdtOtdcvuLbKx6xNGVNYPfq7fWPMR5LlgQJo/edit?usp=sharing or see below to access a working list of (and sources for) key terms from our class discussions
Access Microsoft Online Version Here: https://tinyurl.com/48sz9kxc
Notes from Sternbergh’s "The Rapid Evolution of Emoji…" Piece (Class 1/23/25)
After reading the Emoji piece, consider these two “Bitmoji and Resumes” articles that demonstrate larger conversations debating appropriate rhetorical moves and context. How do Bitmoji’s and Emoji’s function in comparison to each other?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/resumes-are-starting-to-look-like-instagramand-sometimes-even-tinder-11565707364?mod=rsswn
https://www.cnet.com/news/putting-a-bitmoji-on-your-resume-is-the-worlds-worst-idea-ever/
More Recent Pictogram Takes:
https://www.dictionary.com/e/gen-z-explains-emoji-to-millennials/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/crosswords/what-is-a-meme.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvezb/laughing-crying-emoji-divisive-gen-z-mums
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mollycapobianco/different-generations-emoji-use
Accessible on Canvas & Via https://tinyurl.com/MultipleMediaTexts
Reading needed for Tuesday, 1/28/25
Reading Needed For Class Thursday (1/30/25) http://enculturation.net/getting-the-word-out
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Reading ?'s (Alternative Streaming Version Accessible Via https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RnWCy9Tu0P6qfdfgbHKvYqLXBXiV0COky4vXscOlii8/edit?usp=sharing )
Reading, Listening, & Creating Portions Needed For Class Tuesday (2/4/25): All [Including Padlet Instructions] Accessible Via Canvas
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Reading ?'s —Downloadable Version Accessible @ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sFDg7Fh_Ce_6lFuZuQeYeyqiLm0TN_845g13ViAzdR0/edit?usp=sharing
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In-Class 2/6/25 Considerations — Alternate Version Accessible @https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mJA9p21svBCaRnVu4irV2zovjWhi80JWejNWWdzA7oI/edit?usp=sharing
Attendance Question 2/13/25: Post your most pressing concern/question about your Visual Project
Checkout Potential Peer Review Guidelines Via Canvas —OR Google Doc Version @ https://tinyurl.com/VisualProjectPeerReviewGuide
Audio Unit Links & HW Materials are Accessible on Canvas
BUT the Unit’s first reading is (also) located @: https://soundstudiesblog.com/2015/07/06/on-whiteness-and-sound-studies/
“As Loud As I Want To Be: Gender, Loudness, and Respectability Politics” Is Accessible @ https://soundstudiesblog.com/2015/02/09/as-loud-as-i-want-to-be-gender-loudness-and-respectability-politics/
&
McKee’s “Sound Matters” Is Available Via Canvas
[Complete by 2/20/25]
Chrissy Allen (@csapunch)
https://www.tiktok.com/@csapunch
@csapunch How the different generations hear this sample ☺️ which is your favorite?
♬ original sound - Chrissy Allen
https://soundstudiesblog.com/2014/05/08/radio-ambulante-a-radio-that-listens/ [Read/Listen to before Class on 3/11/25] NOTE – Video Excerpt Included Below:
Post Your Response to Your Blog In-Class 3/11/25
Attendance Question 3/25/25
Watch the video below (also accessible on Canvas) before class on 3/27/25
Video Unit HW Notes [As of 3/27/25] https://tinyurl.com/VideoUnitReadingNotes
Attendance Question [4/8/25]:
On your blog, compose a post with questions and/or insights from the HW & Video Project Prompt (aim for at least one each and include today's class date).
4/24/25: "What makes a remix rhetorically successful?"
Check out Sarah Collier’s Mixed Media Artistry ( https://thecharmschooldropout.com/section/496225-AVAILABLE%20MIXED%20MEDIA.html )
Seriously, even Ferguson’s “Merch” that features the logo above and his “The Basic Elements of Creativity” graphic below are ultimately “remixed” artifacts…Be sure to watch the video below by class (Thursday, 5/1/25 – as listed on the course schedule) to gain insight into the remix process and conceptual definitions.
[Note: While Ferguson's 2023 Edition Remix Video is undergoing copyright review, if you are interested in the updated material, the transcript is accessible @ https://www.everythingisaremix.info/ ]
Ferguson’s Visualization of Remix AKA Everything AKA Creation
Stream some TED talk inspiration & theory @ https://blog.ted.com/14-brilliant-quotes-on-remixing/
Dr. Kinzy’s office poster remix ^^ combatting rape culture by acknowledging and subverting idolization narratives often attached to the visualization of a problematic figure (Woody Allen)
Coding to Remix – Ms. Kap’s Sample
Ms. Kap’s Attempt at Remixing Visuals with Augmented Reality – Featured Below & Via https://spark.adobe.com/video/ycTwQIRVwOIX4
BE SURE to Check out https://codetiburon.com/create-augmented-reality-experience-for-business/ to learn more about composing with AR!
Checkout a Remix Folk Version (Including Process & Product) Video of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” Below…
You may type or handwrite your answers to these questions – Please post either a picture of your handwritten answers, or the typed text to your blog (by 5/1/25)
https://www.dykeaquarterly.com/topic-the-future-is-female/
Remixing Herstories
LDOC Questions – As always, feel free to include a meme, gif, TikTok, or song/playlist in your responses (posted on your blog by Tuesday, 5/6/25 @11:59pm)