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The idea of the effects of the networking information economy I found really truthful and they are something that I continue to see day in and day out. This type of economy can allow you to be more independent and allow you to get things down on your own record. Some of the things theContinue reading “Reading Response”

Interview question for show writer: have you ever written/edited something in a way that guy disagrees because your supervisor or “market” would prefer it a different way.

Option 2: I would say I don’t generally get angry at my friends or parents about anything. I don’t have that “mean” bone in my body to actually get so worked up that I yell at someone or break something. Instead, I take a more passive aggressive approach which can actually be more effective andContinue reading “Engagement 2/24/2020”

One part of this reading that caught my eye was the economy behind utilizing language as a form of power/currency. The reading mentioned that “the dominant class occupying jobs in today’s lofts, offices, and boardrooms succeed by making language its instrument of production” (255). The reading argues that things like email and other online textualContinue reading “Reading Response 5”

Artifact: Social Media acting as currency or social capital Capital is defined as the assets one has that enhances their power. While the most common and most talked about form of capital is in the form of money, it is a much wider concept that has roots in several different fields. Yes, it is trueContinue reading “Project 1 Draft”

One quote from this reading that jumped out to me was Grubb’s and Lazerson’s definition of education gospel which was that “our faith in education as moral, personally edifying, collectively beneficial, and a worthwhile investment no matter the cost, either individual or societal ” (10). I wanted to argue or pose the question of whetherContinue reading “Reading Response 4”

I found the reading on the different forms of capital very eye opening due to the fact that it described aspects of an “economy” in ways i had never done so before. The idea of a “cultural capital” or “social capital” made me realize that goods and services can be sent and received in unorthodoxContinue reading “Reading Response 3”

One part of this reading that jumped out to me was the line about how we define monetary payments and how this frames the way we look at them. Zelizer argues that you can categorize the types of payments as either “gifts, entitlements, and compensations”. Each one of this key words leaves behind a differentContinue reading “Reading Response 2”

In order to perform a rhetorical analysis based on the artifacts in class, it’s important to do research on the time and audience in which the artifact was first displayed. You can find out how people at the time digested it, and how public opinion was different at the time of the artifact. You canContinue reading “Engagement 1/29”

I recently watched the movie “Wolf of Wallstreet” which depicts the lift of a stock broker who becomes corrupt due to the greed of making more and more money.