Post on 04-Jul-2015
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NMWS Summer Workshop
June 22-26, 2009
What Is New Media Writing?
And Why Should I Do It?
New
Media
Writing
New
Media
Writing
Writing =
Person + language + tool
Writing has always been intimately tied to the tools that enable it.
Ancient writing instruments – quills, bamboo, pen sharpeners, fountain pens, pencils, brushes.
“Writing: A technology for creating conceptual frameworks and creating, sustaining, and performing lines of thought within those frameworks, drawing from and expanding on existing conventions and genres, utilizing signs and symbols, incorporating materials drawn from multiple sources, and taking advantage of the resources of a full range of media.”
--Andrea Lunsford
New
Media
Writing
Media =
The means by which messages are conveyed to audiences
paper + inkprintradio
televisionwebsites+blogs+video+tweets
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“The medium is the message.”
--Marshall McLuhan
Characteristics of Digital Media
MultimodalFast
RemixedParticipatory
Social
New
Media
Writing
As tools change, writing changes.
New media writing
Pays attention to changeResponds to change
Critiques changeAdapts/appropriates/makes use of change