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

ISBN-13: 9780805841169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 158 str.

Barbara Warnick;Warnick

Opis

This work contributes to critical thinking about public issues related to technology development. Its aims are to examine how certain values, such as progress and profit, are elevated in such public discourse, while others, such as community and social justice, are displaced. By considering what the spokespersons of the technological elite seek to influence their audiences, this work draws attention to who is allowed to speak, under what conditions, and to what ends. Qualitative descriptive methods are used to examine how such instances of communication are designed. The rhetorical analysis offered in this book considers how authors and producers of the messages construct or address their audiences in the text. This work is intended for scholars and students in communication, rhetoric, and education who want to know how talk about communication technology affects how we think about it.

Recenzje

"Critical Literacy in a Digital Era provides a solid introduction to rhetorical discourse concerning digital life and the Internet....what Warnick is trying to do--create a book that won't send the casual reader running for the hills due to endless footnotes or impenetrable jargon. Here's hoping that many people pick up her book, people that might be new to studying the Internet, or interested in better understanding a now vital component of our lives."
—Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies

"....this Warnick volume constitutes a powerful and insightful way of beginning the examination of the relationships among communication, technology, and the public interest."
—Rhetoric Review

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Introduction: Rhetoric and Critical Literacy. The "New Frontier" in Cyberspace: Wired at 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?

O autorze

Barbara Warnick