Rhetoric and Media Culture: Honors English 101

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Course Maxims

"Writing is a process of discovery and what we often discover is what we do not know."

"Read for knowledge and write with the goal of exploring ideas." -Aaron Brower

Couse Session

  • Week 1.1: Introduction to the Course
  • Week 1.2: Introduction to College Writing
  • Week 2.1: Labor Day
  • Week 2.2: Introduction to Rhetoric
  • Week 3.1: Introduction to Critical Reading
  • Week 3.2: Introduction to Television Style & Storyboarding
  • Week 4.1: Thinking About Revision
  • Week 4.2: Writing Identities
  • Week 5.1: danah boyd, "Participating in the Always-On Lifestyle"
  • Week 5.2: Jay Rosen & Siva Vaidhyanathan
  • Week 6.1: Tim O'Reilly & Chris Anderson
  • Week 6.2: Peer Review & Revision
  • Week 7.1: Argument Beyond Pro and Con
  • Week 7.2: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
  • Week 8.1: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
  • Week 8.2: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
  • Week 9.1: Jennier Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
  • Week 9.2: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
  • Week 10.1: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
  • Week 10.2: Frank O'Hara & Michael Robbins
  • Week 11.1: James Bamford, Zadie Smith, Gary Shteyngart & Ethan Kuperberg
  • Week 11.2: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
  • Week 12.1: Veterans' Day
  • Week 12.2: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
  • Week 13.1: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
  • Week 13.2: Poem Annotation Peer Review & Revision
  • Week 14: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
  • Week 15.1: Peer Review
  • Week 15.2: Revision Day
  • Week 16.1: Course Review
  • Week 16.2: Final Exam

Course Information & Documents

  • Syllabus
  • Revised Schedule
  • Paper 1: Ad Analysis
  • Paper 2: Textual Rhetorical Analysis
  • Paper 2: Peer Review
  • Paper 3: Literary Analysis 1
  • Paper 4: Poem Annotation Project
  • Paper 5: Literary Analysis 2 (Research)
  • Editing Log
  • Writer's Memo
  • Rubric
  • TLC Schedule

Course Reading & Viewing

  • Advertisements
  • Stuart Hirschberg, "The Rhetoric of Advertising" [NOTE: Article begins on page 394]
  • Jeremy Butler, Television Style
  • Kevin Ashton, "You Didn't Make the Harlem Shake Go Viral--Corporations Did"
  • Social Media Reader Link
  • Frank O'Hara Poems
  • Michael Robbins Poems
  • Zadie Smith, "Generation Why?"
  • James Bamford, "They Know Much More than You Think"
  • Gary Shteyengart, "OK, Glass"
  • Ethan Kuperberg, "What Happens When You Deactive Your Facebook Account"

Cource Concepts

  • Advertising and Cultural Assumptions
  • Academic Discourse
  • Genre
  • Rhetoric

General Reading, Writing & Research Tips

  • How to Write a Successful Paper
  • How to Write a Strong Thesis
  • How to Integrate Quotations
  • The Squid and the Staircase
  • Proofreading and Editing Advice
  • Statement on Academic Integrity
  • COC Library
  • OWL@Purdue
  • Turnitin.com
  • Study on Grades

Labels

A Visit from the Goon Squad Ad Analysis Administration Advertising Application Analysis Argument Beyond Pro and Con Chris Anderson Course Concept Course Review Critical Reading danah boyd Ethan Kuperberg Facebook Final Frank O'Hara Gary Shteyngart Genre Going Public Holiday How to James Bamford Jay Rosen Siva Vaidhyanathan Jennifer Egan Jeremy G. Butler Labor Day Literary Analysis Michael Robbins Peer Review Poetry Policy Research Revision Rhetoric Stuart Hirschberg Super Sad True Love Story Textual Rhetorical Analysis The Persuasive Power of Style The Social Media Reader They Say/I Say Tim O'Reilly Understanding Rhetoric Writing Identities Zadie Smith

Topical Links

  • 23 Pictures that Prove Society is Doomed
  • Adam Sternbergh, "What Was, Is And Will Be Popular"
  • Advertising on Social Media Buts up Against Free Speech
  • Dave Eggers, "US Writers Must Take a Stand on NSA Surveillance"
  • Gary Shteyngart, "Confessions of a Google Glass Explorer"
  • Jonathan Franzen, "What's Wrong with the Modern World"
  • Jonathan Safran Foer, "How Not to Be Alone"
  • NYT: Madison's Privacy Blind Spot
  • PEW: The Demographics of Social Media Users
  • Prisim: Publicity in the Age of Publicity
  • TED: Our Digital Lives
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