Advocacy Project – Cyberbullying
CyberbullyingPoster
Read more "Advocacy Project – Cyberbullying"Graffiti Project
Here’s the sticker I designed for my project: The space I chose to put it in is in the UIUC Hall of Presidents over Joseph B. White’s picture since he was president when the Chief was retired.
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I didn’t find any “bathroom graffiti” in the buildings I went in to, but here’s some graffiti I found in other places around campus:
Read more "Graffiti Around Campus"My Attempt at a Podcast…
Shout out to my awesome friends who were actually okay with talking about their personal experiences!
Read more "My Attempt at a Podcast…"Rhetoric of Maps
This is a map of the U.S. distorted to show the size of states based on population. It is explicitly rhetorical because we know the U.S. doesn’t actually look like this, so we immediately notice that it is conveying something else. I think it is effective in displaying the U.S. population by state because you […]
Read more "Rhetoric of Maps"Close Reading of A Space
Over the weekend, my parents visited and my mom always likes to stop by the university arboretum. As we sat in the Miles C Hartley Selections Garden, I took time to really observe the space. It is a large, circular garden with multiple paths going through and around it which invites people to walk through […]
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The three main claims Purdy makes in this article are: The invention and revision of Wikipedia shows the “messy” side of knowledge making and the need for information to be correct, so students can learn a lot by participating in these practices. Wikipedia tries to exemplify “the process of textual development” through their collaboration and […]
Read more "Wikipedia"In Response to Beatrice Ward (Question #1)
Although I agree with Beatrice Ward that type should reflect the content of the words, I don’t think transparency should be the goal of all typographical choices. From what I can gather, transparent typography is a font that has no connotations and lets readers gain information from the words themselves. Since transparent typography carries no […]
Read more "In Response to Beatrice Ward (Question #1)"R.I.P. Ted
Even though I’ve begged my parents for a dog since I was little, I never had a pet…until four days ago when my roommates and I decided to buy fish. We had been planning this since last year, so as soon as we were all back on campus, we ran out to Walmart to purchase […]
Read more "R.I.P. Ted"Hello world!
This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you plan to do with it. Happy blogging!
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Writing Across Media 