The primary thesis of everything is a remix is, as the title says, everything is a remix. The video series goes through brief musical, movie, and invention history to show how one idea led to another which led to another and so on. Remixing is copying, transforming, and combining to create a new piece, item,Continue reading “Everything is a Remix”
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3/31/20
I will most likely approach this project the same as my others where I just kind of jump in and see what works and what does not, and what I like and do not like. As for the things that I want to highlight, I am thinking of maybe highlighting my interest in music andContinue reading “3/31/20”
Shipka Introduction
I didn’t really have a reaction to project 3, it was more just kind of an “oh okay, cool, that’s what we’re doing next” moment. I think this assignment is actually pretty cool and interesting. As far as English and rhetoric classes go, I have never had a project like this. Most of the projectsContinue reading “Shipka Introduction”
Project 2 Reflection
From project 2, I learned to recognize some of the less obvious writing standards in accounting that I never knew or realized. I also learned what a white paper looks like, how to write one, and how to cite financial statements in APA format. I learned to recognize these writing standards by reading financial statementsContinue reading “Project 2 Reflection”
Radium Girls
The author of this book is Robert R. Johnson, who is a professor of rhetoric, composition, and technical communication in the Humanities Department at Michigan Technological University. The primary audience for this text is rhetoricians with a focus on science and technologies, but perhaps also people in the field of law. Johnson implies that rhetoricContinue reading “Radium Girls”
White Paper Research
A white paper is an authoritative document intended to fully inform the reader on a particular topic and help them understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. White papers are typically written by groups and organizations, such as governments and businesses, and meant to be read by people in or considering joiningContinue reading “White Paper Research”
When Discourses Collide
Jason Palmeri is an Associate Professor of English at Miami University, and previously worked in a law firm focused on medical malpractice. The primary audience for this text seems to be scholars and other rhetoricians in his field, as well as medical and legal teams, especially ones that collaborate. Palmeri talks about how each groupContinue reading “When Discourses Collide”
Research
I think that research is very important and a lot of people, including me, don’t realize how often we do it now that we have phones and the internet at our disposal. People need research to learn and explore new ideas, which is the same reason why we do it. When people don’t know howContinue reading “Research”
Project 1
From this assignment, I learned how much some ideas flow into another or are connected in some other way. While doing this project, I realized that factors that I thought stood alone truly did not, and were actually important factual points or building points for more of my argument.I learned this while trying to plotContinue reading “Project 1”
Wardle and Miller
The author of the first article is Elizebeth Wardle, Howe Professor of English and Director of the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University. Her primary audience for this piece is students. She implied that genre is the way we write for a specific audience. She implies this because of theContinue reading “Wardle and Miller”