EH 305 Writing for New Media

Writing for New Media focuses on composing for the web using established technologies. Students will build on the skills they have developed in other writing courses to produce polished, published nonfiction work native to new media formats. The primary media may include blogs, wikis, video compositions, or other developing formats. Students will also learn to support composing in these primary media with other kinds of networked communication. An advanced EH course, the class assumes that students are familiar with writing in different genres and can address the needs of various audiences in their writing, understand how to support ideas with reasons and evidence, can use research to develop and explore ideas, can participate effectively in peer review, and understand how to analyze rhetorical strategies. Furthermore, it is assumed that students can produce clear, grammatically correct prose using standard spelling and punctuation. Instruction will focus on building on this foundation to develop advanced rhetorical skills appropriate for new media compositions.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101 and 102; or ENG 101 and EH 301; or EH 301 and ENG 102