Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Final Portfolio

Digital media has advanced tremendously and changed the way civic life operates. So much so that it is hard to imagine a life…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Apr 24

About Me

My name is Alyssa and I am a student at High Point University. I am majoring in Political Science with a double minor in Legal Studies and Philosophy. Most of my writings discuss different things I have learned in class or talk about social issues. A lot of my blog posts highlight the importance of internet literacy and digital media.

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Apr 19

Ensuring Voting Access

Politics is not the most beloved topic of conversation among people in society. However, as politics only continue to…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Apr 14

Writers Blog #10

For this weeks writers blog I wanted to talk about the slides that we looked over in class on Monday and Friday. I found these really helpful for considering my feature story. I have not started writing yet but I think the powerpoints we were given really help to get a starting point. In Mondays…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Apr 7

Writers Blog #9

For this week’s writers blog I wanted to continue to focus on the Medium feature assignment. This week we only had one class, so we did not get to talk much about the assignment or digital writing. However, we did get the chance to talk to the people around us and discuss what we are writing about…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Apr 1

Writers Blog #8

For this week’s writer’s blog, I wanted to focus more on my Medium short feature assignment. I love the idea of this assignment because unfortunately our society and generation do not feel as though they are responsible for being aware of social issues. I think this assignment makes students look…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Mar 17

Writers Blog 7

This week we talked a lot about different publications and how to pitch our stories. Writing a good pitch is the first step to having a piece published. I found this to be a really good lesson not only for writers but also for the general workforce. There will come a time when most of us have to pitch…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Mar 10

Writers Blog #6

This week we explored more into digital writing. Something that we talked about was multimodality. In Jones and Hafner chapter 4, they described this as “the practice of combining multiple modes and texts that are made up of a combination of modes in this way are called multimodal texts”. Along with…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Feb 18

Writers Blog 5

One of the things we learned about this week was the SIFT method. I am unsure if I have ever learned this but it does not sound familiar. The steps of SIFT are to stop, investigate the source, find better coverage, and trace claims to the original source. This method is good for checking the…

Alyssa Rainey in Alyssa’s Digital Writing

Feb 9

Writers Blog #4

We also talked about social tagging and algorithms. Social tagging is interesting because it’s a way for more people to see your post but…

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Alyssa’s Digital Writing

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