Week 5.2: Jay Rosen & Siva Vaidhyanathan

Reading:
Jay Rosen, "The People Formerly Known as the Audience," SMR 13-16
Siva Vaidhyanathan, "Open Source as Culture/Culture as Open Source," SMR 24-31
They Say/I Say, 145-155
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Study Questions:
1. In order to think about rhetoric, we have to think about genre. Take a moment to click on both links before proceeding. Rosen's essay was composed specifically for the ideal student reader of The Social Media Reader. Vaidhyanathan's essay appeared in a scholarly periodical. How does this difference in kairos and genre  affect how each author addresses his audience?

2. The reading for today from They Say/I Say instructs you how to read for "the conversation." What are the previous conversations that each author is responding to in their essays?