We’ll use Perusall to annotate and read together. 
Blog 2: Some Cool Title Goes Here
One term that comes to mind when I think about my style of writing is knowing your audience. That in itself helps your writing be more concise and focus because you have an idea what your audience wants to hear or how they will read your writing: at least that’s how it is for me. That being said, there’s also an element of awareness involved. By keeping these two terms in mind, you tailor your style of writing accordingly to your intended audience.
Though I agree with most of the points in the article “Metaconcept” there’s one that I feel indifferent about. In section 1.2 Lunsford states, “the advent of digital age and online literacies has blurred the boundaries between writer and audience significantly, the points of the once stable rhetorical seems to be twirling and shifting and shading into one another’.’ Does she mean that it’s difficult to categorize rhetorical elements found in digital literacy? I think now more than ever the rhetorical triangle is useful because of the mass information that we’re exposed to on the internet. We use that triangle to help us understand why or why not videos or advertisements are successful. I don’t know maybe I’m totally wrong but that’s how interpreted it.
2 Replies to “Blog 2: Some Cool Title Goes Here”
Hey Anthony, interesting questions you pose about 1.2: I don’t know if she is talking about rhetorical elements as much as she’s pointing to circulation and distribution of literacies. We have greatly expanded who sees our literacies, particularly writing. We are less able to imagine all the places where our writing might land. Mike Wesch, a cultural anthropologist, talks about “context collapse” in relation to new digital platforms such as YouTube and Facebook: we have trouble now defining or limiting our audience (on Facebook: is this for my mom? my friends? my co-workers?). And we have no idea where our videos, images, words will appear as they move through the web.
Hi Anthony, I can definitely agree with what you say when it comes to the rhetorical triangle. The internet has allowed us to see who the intended audience is, and that is also a good term to use too. In all honesty, it’s important to write about the people who will understand you, because if people aren’t interested or can’t relate, then there’s no connection.
Good job on your post.