{"id":10573,"date":"2024-01-10T17:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=10573"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T19:25:17","slug":"rhetoftechjanuary11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/rhetorictechnologyspring2024\/rhetoftechjanuary11\/","title":{"rendered":"January 11th: Introduction to the Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/independentpicturehouse.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/independentpicturehouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Independent Picture House!!!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/the1a.org\/segments\/what-does-it-mean-to-engage-in-self-care-in-american-society-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/the1a.org\/segments\/what-does-it-mean-to-engage-in-self-care-in-american-society-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;What does it mean to engage in self-care in American society?&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><br>1A, WAMU, NPR&#8211;January 11, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome! Let\u2019s make sure we\u2019re on the same page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/01\/ENGL4275-WRDS4011_RhetTechSpring2024syl.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/01\/ENGL4275-WRDS4011_RhetTechSpring2024syl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Syllabus and course requirements<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class Introductions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define Rhetoric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Class&nbsp;Introductions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, I had you interview a person in class and report back. Time permitting, we might do that, but below are the questions to answer on Canvas for your <strong>Weekly Discussion Post #1<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year (don\u2019t say \u201c2024\u2033\u2013freshman, sophomore, junior, \u201ccomplicated,\u201d etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Major\/Minor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hometown(s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Job\/Future Job<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorite Book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorite Movie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorite TV Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorite Video Game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorite Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What technology do you use the most?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you expect in \u201cRhetoric [of] and&nbsp;Technology\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Define Technology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is technology? Let\u2019s get started thinking about technology\/ies broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ubiquity of Rhetoric<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019d think that with such a rich history, rhetoric would be introduced to students long before college. Well, it is, but not necessary as a pillar of Western Civilization. The term comes up when politicians or their critics denounce an opponent\u2019s speech as empty; therefore, \u201crhetoric\u201d is often associated popularly with \u201cempty speech,\u201d non-contributing verbiage, or fluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the study of rhetoric is much more complicated. Just as each discipline has its own epistemology\u2013the study of knowledge, its foundations and validity\u2013each discipline\u2019s communication has a rhetoric. And rhetoric isn\u2019t limited simply to disciplines: Movements, Social Norms, Technology, Science, Religion, etc. have rhetorics. I often define such analyses into \u201crhetorics of\u2026\u201d as common factors surrounding&nbsp;<strong>the power or belief in a particular area.<\/strong>&nbsp;In other words, beliefs, attitudes, values, and practices are rhetorics of prevailing social ideology: One\u2019s acceptance of cultural \u201ctruth\u201d is based largely on one\u2019s immersion into the culture\u2019s myths and beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, what\u2019s the rhetoric behind Hollywood movies that end in marriage and\/or babies? Well, getting married and having children is a major cultural practice, so that gets \u201cplayed out\u201d in films. Additionally, women are often consider babymakers in search of a man to donate the necessary ingredient, so female characters in Hollywood films have traditionally not been *complete* until they marry and have children or somehow fulfill a woman\u2019s socially constructed \u201cproper\u201d role according to prevailing attitudes. Because our culture (remember, this is a generalization) favors families as opposed to singles, the rhetoric of our entertainment\u2013the power behind acceptance or enjoyment of a film\u2013conforms to the cultural value of privileging families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More Discussion on Our Semester&#8217;s Topics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/rhetoric-an-introduction\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/rhetoric-an-introduction\/\">A brief Introduction of Rhetoric<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/\">Cultural Studies<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/marxism\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/marxism\/\">Critical Theory Approaches<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/americanculture\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/genderdigital\/americanculture\/\">American Culture, an Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ways of assessing the truth&#8230;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tastes and Convictions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opinions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theories\/Laws<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Keep up With the Reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have the readings for the next few weeks on Canvas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements Welcome! Let\u2019s make sure we\u2019re on the same page: Class&nbsp;Introductions In the past, I had you interview a person in class and report back. Time permitting, we might do that, but below are the questions to answer on Canvas for your Weekly Discussion Post #1: Define Technology What is technology? 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