Throughout the semester in Writing and Editing in Print and Online, we have covered many different concepts explained by scholars in the english community. The five major concepts of this course, in my opinion, are as follows: circulation, participation, rhetoric, analyzing and media.
Circulation is important to observe in print and online texts, in order to reach a greater audience. Online sources currently offer several different ways of circulation, and thus, tend to reach a greater audience than print sources. Though, this does not mean print sources are obsolete.
The second concept mentioned, participation, also is one of the most important we learned in the class. We learned that Bitzer's exigence, audience and constraints theories do not exactly play out as they seem on paper. There is not always a clear rhetor, and sometimes, the audiences' participation creates new texts and new rhetorical meaning.
Rhetoric, defined differently by every scholar, remains one of the most important class concepts, though it was only focused upon early on. Rhetorical theory laid the groundwork for thinking about the different aspects of writing in print and online. Every text we read could be analyzed to find out the rhetorical message given to the audience.
Analyzing is another very important concept in this course. We analyzed the writings of several scholars as well as different rhetorical texts. Analysis allows one to discover the different ways in which texts affect the audience. Analysis is important because it helps to identify every other concept learned in this course in a text.
Media is also an important concept for this class. One must decide the most appropriate media for each text and rhetorical message. Every medium offers a different set of pros and cons to consider when composing a text, as we learned in our projects.
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