Critical Literacy in a Digital Era Technology, Rhetoric, and the Public Interest

Name: Critical Literacy in a Digital Era Technology, Rhetoric, and the Public Interest
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ISBN: 9780805841152

ISBN-10: 0805841156

ISBN-13: 9780805841152

Edition: 2001

Authors: Barbara Warnick

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Critical Literacy in a Digital Era offers an examination of the persuasive approaches used in discussions on and about the Internet. Its aim is to increase awareness of what is assumed, unquestioned, and naturalized in our media experience. Using a critical literacy framework for her analysis, author Barbara Warnick argues that new media technologies become accepted not only through their use, but also through the rhetorical use of discourse on and about them. She analyzes texts that discuss new media and technology, including articles from a major technology-oriented periodical; women's magazines and Web sites; and Internet-based political parody in the 2000 presidential campaign. These…

Book details

List price: $83.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 158
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.62" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Rhetoric and Critical Literacy. The "New Frontier" in Cyberspace: Wiredat Work


Masculinizing the Feminine: Inviting Women Online ca. 1997


Parody With a Purpose: Online Political Parody in the 2000


Presidential Campaign


Conclusion: Whom Does Technology Serve?