RHET-41523 credit hours

Digital Rhetorics

Rhetoric and Communications · 3 hrs Seminar/Discussion

Offered: Fall Or Winter, Every Year

RHET-4152 prerequisites

We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.

Description

This course introduces students to the basic themes, issues, and intellectual debates in the study of digital rhetorics. It provides a critical perspective on what it means to live in a digitally mediated world. To this end, the course seeks to answer the following questions: How should we define media? What separates new media from old? What is the relationship of media to culture and society? What role does digital rhetoric play in a modern democracy? Students explore a variety of perspectives for considering digital rhetorics, including language, ethics, power, and identity.

Requisite courses

Completion of 42 credit hours [prerequisite(s)].

Restrictions

Students may not hold credit for this course and the former RHET-3152.

Seminar

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