A Problem in New Media Writing
Write an five-to-seven page essay (double spaced) on a problem in New
Media Writing.
"New Media Writing," you'll remember, is kind(s) of writing
done in digital environments, using both verbal and visual languages,
in contrast to writing done for traditional, more stable print genres.
A "problem" is a difficulty experienced in writing, reading
and/or conceptualizing writing in digital formats for online audiences.
Such problems are often the result of a clash/integration of old and new
practices of writing and reading.
As with any essay, you'll want to develop specific examples to illustrate
this problem and what you have to say about it. The examples could be
public works or your own projects in class.
Be sure to use quotations and ideas from our readings (Landow, Murray
or other sources) to support your discussion, but you are not limited
to their opinions or insights.
Use MLA
format for citing and documenting these and other borrowed quotations
and ideas.
You do not necessarily have
to solve the problem. In fact, the best problems are probably,
ultimately, not solvable, at least in our lifetimes. Instead, the quality
of an essay like this often lies in the degree it opens up the problem,
revealing the depths of its cultural and historical roots and its implications
for the future.
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