Writing Changes: Alphabetic Text and Multimodal Composition

by Pegeen Reichert Powell (Editor)

Overview

Writing Changes moves beyond restrictive thinking about composition to examine writing as a material and social practice rich with contradictions. It analyzes the assumed dichotomy between writing and multimodal composition (which incorporates sounds, images, and gestures) as well as the truism that all texts are multimodal. Organized in four sections, the essays explore

• alphabetic text and multimodal composition in writing studies
• specific pedagogies that place writing in productive conversation with multimodal forms
• current representations of writing and multimodality in textbooks, of instructors' attitudes toward social media, and of writing programs
• ideas about writing studies as a discipline in the light of new communication practices

Bookending the essays are an introduction that frames the collection and establishes key terms and concepts and an epilogue that both sums up and complicates the ideas in the essays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603294751
Publisher:	Modern Language Association
Publication date:	04/01/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	10 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction: Writing Changes: Beyond the Binary of Writing versus Multimodality Pegeen Reichert Powell 1

Part 1 Modality as Social Practice

Modality as Social Practice in Written Language Bruce Horner 21

Something Borrowed, Something New: Multimodal Composition through the Reclamation of Vernacular Literacies Sara Cooper 41

Beyond Page Design: Writing as Multimodal Embodied Meaning Hannah J. Rule 62

Translating Modalities: Interactions between Digital and Alphabetic Modes in Professional Translation Work Laura Gonzales 83

Part 2 Modality in Texts and in the Classroom

The Places of Writing on the Multimodal Page Matthew Davis Alex Mueller 103

The Essay as Form in a Digital Age Joseph Harris 123

Styling the Multimodal Classroom: Addressing the Labor of Assessment through the Rhetorical Lexicon of Style Claire Lutkewitte Star Medzerian Vanguri Stephanie Vie 138

Search Engine Optimization and Its Significance for Alphabetic Composing in Writing Pedagogy Jenna Pack Sheffield 155

Of Writing and the Future: Augmented Reality Composition Brenta Blevins 177

Part 3 Modality and Writing Program Administration

Positioning Writing; An Analysis of Textbook Arguments about Multimodality Hilary A. Sarat-St. Peter Elizabeth G. Allan 197

Facebook Posts, Twitter Hashtags, and Snapchat Stories: Changing Conceptions of Writing in a Social Media Landscape Stephanie Vie 218

The Coastal Composition Commons: Considering Flexibility, Delivery, and Valuation in a Badging Initiative Denise P. Paster Alan J. Reid 237

Making the Case: Implementing Multimodality in Undergraduate Major Programs in Writing and Rhetoric Rory Lee 253

Part 4 Modality and Disciplinarity

Following Directions, Responding to Shifts, Shaking Foundations: Multimodal Composition within and across Writing Programs Beth Brunk-Chavez 273

Reclaiming Composition: A Twenty-First-Century Interdisciplinary Imperative Derek Owens Tara Roeder 290

Epilogue John Trimbur 304

Notes on Contributors 313

Editorial Reviews

"This kind of collection on multimodal composition is long overdue."—Duane Roen, Arizona State University

"I am excited by the contribution this volume makes to what we know, think, and teach about multimodality and to the relation between alphabetic text and multimodal forms of communication." —Neal Lerner, Northeastern University

"This kind of collection on multimodal composition is long overdue." —Duane Roen, Arizona State University

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