Due by midnight (submitted to Canvas for grading), Tuesday, February 20
As an exercise in demonstrating your critical thinking and writing skills this assignment…
This assignment marks the culmination of all of our semester and provides an opportunity to apply all of the skills you have practiced thus far. Write a research paper on a topic of your choosing that relates to our theme of “digital and non-digital technologies.” (Note: You are…
The first article written by Gladwell discussed how activism through social media is based off of weak ties whereas changes that are brought about without social media are much more personal making them more powerful. The author admits…
Social media is rampant in today’s society. It is used for entertainment, news, spreading ideas and many other things. Nowadays, instead of getting a newspaper, most people just refresh their Twitter feeds. Social media can prove to be extremely…
In Rewriting, Joseph Harris makes the argument that digital platforms have opened up avenues for writers to reach a wider and more diverse group of readers, and that sometimes taking a draft and “remixing” it (often digitally) has the effect of spurring the project forward toward a new…
The premise of this course is that the best academic writing participates in a larger conversation — that your own research offers a contribution to an on-going debate, dialogue, or discussion of a question/issue. This assignment asks you to practice making such a contribution on a…
In the works of Gladwell, Stephen, and Walton each author offered ideas of how they believed social media was impacting social activism and politics. Malcolm Gladwell’s article, “Small Change” incorporated his ideas and beliefs that social media was weakening social activism. Throughout the article…
Technology has been an up and coming breakthrough in our world since the mid 1900s. Every day, we are progressing and creating new ways to make our lives simpler and more efficient. However, with this constant advancement, comes constant speculation. The debate of whether or…
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