{"id":22130,"date":"2023-06-16T15:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/demonstrating-an-understanding-of-the-rhetorical-context-of-new-media-through-drafting-either-a-script-for-a-video\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T15:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:57:55","slug":"demonstrating-an-understanding-of-the-rhetorical-context-of-new-media-through-drafting-either-a-script-for-a-video","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/demonstrating-an-understanding-of-the-rhetorical-context-of-new-media-through-drafting-either-a-script-for-a-video\/","title":{"rendered":"demonstrating an understanding of the rhetorical context of new media through drafting either a script for a video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Choose one of the topics and pre-existing texts below to&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">respond<\/span>&nbsp;to in a text drafted for new media. You are not required to film a video or edit a TikTok. Instead, you will be demonstrating an understanding of the rhetorical context of new media through drafting&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">either<\/em>&nbsp;a script for a video that would be posted to YouTube or some other video aggregate site&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">or<\/em>&nbsp;a blog post that could be submitted to a digital publisher specializing in reader-generated content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Texts for Response (choose one)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">&#8220;Editorial: How Can Kids Learn Without Homework and Rigid Dealines? Quite Well, It Turns Out&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board for the&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Los Angeles Times<\/em>&nbsp;(opens in new window): Frame your response around whether or not you agree with the editorial board&#8217;s stance on homework and deadlines. Would it be better if we relaxed homework expectations for kids? Should this be implemented across all levels of education? Or is this dangerous?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">&#8220;The Case for Lowering the Drinking Age to 18&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Shayna Herszage for&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Yeshiva University Observer<\/em>&nbsp;(opens in new window): Frame your response around whether you agree with the points made by Herszage. Why do you agree? Why do you disagree? What do you think the drinking age should be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m an Influencer and I think Social Media is Toxic,&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Lydia Keating for&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Slate<\/em>&nbsp;(opens in new window): Frame your response around whether or not you agree with Keating&#8217;s take. Can you understand why she feels the way she feels? Can you understand why she continues to do the work even while feeling this way? How do you feel about the toxicity of social media in general?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">&#8220;How Rap&#8217;s SoundCloud Generation Changed the Music Business Forever,&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by Alphonse Pierre for&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Pitchfork<\/em>&nbsp;(opens in new window): Frame your response around whether it is a good thing that artists are able to distribute their own music without record labels or do you think that the music industry was better when it was harder for people to be heard?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">New Media Responses should be submitted here as a PDF or Word file and follow specific genre guidelines posted below.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">must<\/em>&nbsp;refer to your chosen text in your response. You&#8217;re&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">responding<\/em>&nbsp;to it. Choose a handful of specific points made in the original text you wish to respond to. Quote the original and offer your take.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Think about how texts written for new media acknowledge sources. You&nbsp;<em style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">must<\/em>&nbsp;acknowledge any sources you use in your writing according to expectations for new media. This includes your chosen text and any other source material you incorporate.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submissions should be around 700 words and in the format appropriate to your chosen genre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Student example<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">example in attached files&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choose one of the topics and pre-existing texts below to&nbsp;respond&nbsp;to in a text drafted for new media. You are not required to film a video or edit a TikTok. 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