Digital Rhetorics: Reflection

           What is Digital Rhetoric? Before starting this class and truly experiencing the question of digital rhetoric for myself, I would have probably been glib and explain it as any rhetoric (see print text) that is found online. However, this definition fails to define the term “rhetoric” sufficiently and does not account for the term “digital” actually including solo images, podcasts, videos, or graphics without print text that absolutely qualify them for this term. The reason I would answer this way is because my interpretation of “rhetoric” stems from the classical Greek definition and is one of a type of speech aimed to persuade certain audiences. To me, the classical canons of rhetoric are all based on a written text. It is for this reason that this paper is written: To explore some assignments in college-level, digital rhetorics class and attempt to discover a personal working description of the term that makes its meaning relevant to me.   

 

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