English - Multimedia Multimodal Rhetorcs

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In this course, we will examine the impact of multimedia/multimodal discourse on ourselves and our culture by rhetorically analyzing and composing a variety of media genres—from blogs, to video content, to podcasts, to social media posts. The course will explore how traditional processes of writing and reading texts are challenged by communication across a range of diverse new media genres that employ multiple modes of communication (linguistic, visual, spatial, gestural, and aural ways of making meaning). Through our analysis and production of multimodal texts, we will explore how medium and mode shape the message, work to persuade multiple audiences, and alter the way that we understand, structure, and process knowledge. Prerequisite: Prior completion of at least one 300- or 400-level English course. Satisfies: Capstone (CAP)