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Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments –Mary E. Hocks • Looks at audience to determine design in digital writing • Blending visuals with written language – Need to learn how to create and read – Layout and design • More on design and less on how to write or what to write • Too much into html design topics

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Page 1: Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments –Mary E. Hocks Looks at audience to determine design in digital writing Blending visuals

Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments –Mary E. Hocks

• Looks at audience to determine design in digital writing

• Blending visuals with written language– Need to learn how to create and read– Layout and design

• More on design and less on how to write or what to write

• Too much into html design topics

Page 2: Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments –Mary E. Hocks Looks at audience to determine design in digital writing Blending visuals

Nazi Technical Memorandum-Paul Dombrowski

• Issues of ethical versus useful– Doing something unethical because the gained

information is useful– Ethical to use information gained?

• Able to be understood by desired audience

Page 3: Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments –Mary E. Hocks Looks at audience to determine design in digital writing Blending visuals

What Do People Need to Know About Writing in Order to Write in Their Jobs?

-C. Davies & M. Birbili

• Broken down into useful/understandable sections

• Acknowledges different writing forums & necessity of writing properly in each

• Time & place of writing changing• Perspectives from different fields• Written from British perspective

Page 4: Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments –Mary E. Hocks Looks at audience to determine design in digital writing Blending visuals

Examining Author's Craft Through Multimedia Composition-Troy Hicks

• Ways to determine what/how to include something

• Make the most of everything that you have– Picture or words– Be thorough and concise

• Develop decision making skills– Content & Medium

• Geared more towards teachers, but great for students!