Digital Writing and Publishing

Catalog description

Digital Writing and Publishing explores the variety of publication and archival practices in the digital media age, the gathering, categorizing and analyzing of information as preparation for writing in new and hybrid media, and the presentation of academic work to multiple audiences. This course emphasizes the social activity of scholarship within and beyond the boundaries of the 21st century learning institution, emphasizing the implications of networked communication for contemporary writing, with a focus on how swriters expand their appeal across disciplinary boundaries and to the public. By approaching the possibilities and practices for creation, distribution, curation, indexing, and storing of digital media, Digital Writing and Publishing will help knowledge workers confront the challenges of creating meaningful content for their peers and the public.