This week, we listened to a podcast hosted by Dr. Janina Jeff. The first episode was “Dat Rona,” which talked about the coronavirus, and specifically what that means for the black community. The second episode, “ION Trust Dem People,” talks about genetic testing and whether or not there is/should be skepticism surrounding that.
Continue reading “Week 10 – March 27, 2020”This reading deals with the public sphere in the digital context by focusing specifically on YouTube and how user-generated online video (UGOV) is contributing to the online public sphere (Milliken, 2). The quote I wanted to focus on today deals with the idea of democracy, which is the whole premise on why online public sphere is so important:
Continue reading “Week 9 – March 20, 2020”“The original conceptualization of the public sphere was within the nation-state, but Fraser argues that those notions of “citizenry” and “politics” need to be redefined in accordance with a global world-wide view due to the globalization of economics, politics, culture, and communication (Fraser, 200).”
Milliken, Gibson, & O’Donnell, 3
This article talks about how the language surrounding public spaces would fit neatly into a box because of the trackability of the conversations. However, with the introductions of online spaces, there is a “complexity, fragmentation, and situatedness” (104) that makes rhetoric messy.
In the example of Science Buzz in the article, Grabill & Pigg talk about two ways that identity performances are important to showing interest in a topic. The first is about participants “writing their way into conversation” (108), and the second is that “these identity performances move the conversation (108).” To illustrate the point further, they state,
Continue reading “Week 6 – February 27, 2020”This chapter from the Technicolor book is an interesting one. There is a strong use of identity politics made by Nguyen, which is something I can definitely say I typically do not enjoy reading. I usually don’t like to start off posts so negatively, but I think my inquisition can rectify that . Identity politics only take someone so far. I could easily make this post about how I am an Asian-American woman as well, and then everything would fit into the liberal box at university.
Continue reading “Week 5 – February 20, 2020”Jenny Edbauer talks about the word city and how using the word as a verb, rather than a noun, is a better way to encompass what a city is. She further explains that
Continue reading “Week 4 – February 14, 2020”“…cities are more about movements and processes than the elements that materially construct their borders.”
Edbauer, 11
I am going to be honest; when reading this chapter, there were many points I wrestled with and disagreed with. However, one point that stood out to me was refreshing. In the middle of the Feminist Rhetoric section, the idea of renaming comes into context when talking about women who want to establish a voice. She cites Carol Gilligan who explains that women’s voice
Continue reading “Week 3 – February 6, 2020”“…needs to be heard and recognized for ‘the different perspective it brings to bear on the construction and resolution of moral problems’ (482); concepts of responsibility and care are central to the woman’s moral domain, and they need to be heard.”
Rider, 124
Putting these two articles together allowed me to see the progression of how the discourse surrounding rhetoric changed. From Burke’s traditional approach to the modern approach (which seems to wonder in and of itself why are we doing this?), I would say I prefer Burke’s approach because, in a sense, it doesn’t matter what other people think about what you do. If one is content with thinking about the powers of persuasion, then by all means, there is no reason to question oneself.
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Caritas et Lux