Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric

by Heather Urbanski and E.J. Koh

Book Overview

Is it true that, in this era of digitization and mass media, reading and writing are on the decline? In a thought-provoking collection of essays and profiles, 30 contributors explore what may instead be a rise in rhetorical activity, an upsurge due in part to the sudden blurring of the traditional roles of creator and audience in participatory media. This collection explores topics too often overlooked by traditional academic scholarship, though...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786437200
• ISBN13: 9780786437207
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher