Discussion Spotlight: ​Agency in New Media

Picture from Dr. Nick's RhetoricSoup Blog
(from the RhetoricSoup Blog)
      "New media are media that use technology to allow for easier access, and provide some avenue of interactive AGENCY for its users. For example, broadcast television, radio, magazines, and newspapers are OLD media, in that they provide information one way, with “no machinery of rejoinder” for the user."
-Intro to "Agency & New Media" Smartphone Museum Exhibit
      Check out thoughts on what makes new media "new" through a photo album of the recent Smartphone Museum exhibit on the RhetoricSoup blog.
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(Teaching Tip: This piece can be used as to provoke discussion on teaching, using new digital technologies, approaching complex subject matter, and more.)

Discussion Resources​

My Pinterest Board for New Media Comm/Design - Stuff I pinned that you might find inspiring, entertaining, funny, provocative or educational; related to New Media.
RhetoricSoup Blog posts feed - my ponderings, musings and various thoughts on issues related to communications, rhetoric, narrative and teaching.
Some interesting examples for class or reflection!
My ScoopIt page: articles from various sources related to new media, digital literacy, multi-modal composition, etc.
Use for blog topics & discussion starters!
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From Chalkboards to Smartphones
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Brave New Digital World