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Research Question: How does the constant evolution of technology and the growing importance of the attention economy affect the way copy-editors are doing their work?  Rest of the Proposal: I’m mostly interested in how copy-editing software will affect the way copy editors work, or even affect the usefulness of having a copy editor? Software likeContinue reading “SWA 3/11”

How does seniority/experience affect what you write about?

I don’t know how to feel. Very conflicted, currently. Nakamura tackles the plight of “volunteer community managers” (1), who deal with some intense backlash in addition to unpaid labor. The author doesn’t really offer a solution, but that’s understandable considering it’s a rather short article. The volunteers fight back against misogyny, racism, and other formsContinue reading “3/9 Nakamura Reading Response”

Fake news is starting to become a potential topic to look into. There’s always a person behind a fake article, and there must be a reason that they’re willing to compromise their integrity for their job. I keep coming back to Mc Millan Cottom’s “Education Gospel”, because I think it can be applied to aContinue reading “3/4 Question”

I already do a lot of writing for other people, be it friends or family members. They’re often emails or academic papers, and I usually have to take into account the other person’s audience, as well as their own personality and writing style, particularly if their audience is already somewhat acquainted with their style. ItContinue reading “Prompt 3/2”

In “Writing for a Living” Brandt examines the effects of the knowledge economy upon writing. Specifically, she looks at how having texts be commercialized raises the stakes for writers. The concept of a knowledge economy was interesting, if only because it reminded me of Lanham’s attention economy. From what I gathered, a knowledge economy arisesContinue reading “Reading Response #3: Brandt”

At my old college, we used to get messages from random faculty members telling us to make use of tutoring resources, or to not park in the street, that sort of thing. However, since we’re all encouraged to be as professional as possible, they had to be polite about it as well. I think whatContinue reading “Passive-Aggressive Notes 2/24”

Artifacts: Jessie J “Price Tag”, Tori Kelly “”Unbreakable Smile” For my first project, I’m planning on creating a CD pamphlet/literary magazine hybrid through Canva (not to be confused with Canvas. I currently have around 500 words of it written and 3 pages of my CD pamphlet/literary magazine hybrid completed. And in case you’re wondering, theContinue reading “Rough Draft 2/19”

One of the things that I’m most curious about in regard to the economy is marketing. More specifically, the ethics of marketing. We all want to put our best selves forward, whether we’re a company or just a job applicant. I’ve had two interviews in the past two weeks and I realized that I definitelyContinue reading “Freewrite 2/17”

Well, that was a verbose article. I wonder how it reads in its original French. Does it also read as so long-winded, or is it because the translation took out some of its conciseness. In any case, what I gathered from this is that Bourdieu, much like our other authors, is frustrated with everyone’s insistenceContinue reading “Reading Response #4 – Bourdieu”