Persuasion in Digital Spaces

1. How does persuasion work in online communication? How are the rhetorical strategies of persuasion deployed in online spaces?

Persuasion in online communication works in different ways. One example is when Gurak showed how strategies of persuasion…

Representation

Activity 1:

Signs and symbols are important. Representation uses signs and symbols to stand for concepts or ideas. Without signs and symbols, how can there be representation? Without representation, how will we be able to communicate about concepts or ideas? For instance…

The Oral Culture and the Literary Culture

In the book of Ong(2002), the primary oral culture is purely without the knowledge of chirography or writings, while the literary culture is with the knowledge of writings or prints. Without the knowledge of chirograpy, the oral culture communicates with…

A Semiotic Analysis of ‘Dati’

When I first watched the video, I did not notice that much signs that can have a deeper meaning. The music video looked just like a simple video about a guy and a girl’s story. But, when I watched it for the second time, I observed some symbols that might be worth mentioning.

Semiotics

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Why is semiotics important in studying representation?

Based on what you understood from the reading, make a glossary of the…

Performances

Last week, I had a meeting with an official. I had to act formal. I was sitting straight, and I was looking straight in the eye. I was holding a pen and a small journal to show that I am listening. I made sure that I was not wearing something that is sleeveless. I was ‘performing’ as a responsible…

Mass Media and I

After everything that I learned about mass media, I found myself not trusting information from mass media. Originally, I did not care about how information is distributed, but, after several discussions and readings from module 1, especially on the concentration and conglomeration of media…