Computers & Writing 2018 Call for Reviews
The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative is seeking reviewers for the 2018 Computers and Writing conference at George Mason…
Good AI Computing Well
Two Directions in AI In the inaugural issue of AI & Society, published in 1987, Ajit Narayanan identified…
The Impact of AI on Writing and Writing Instruction
We think the field of rhetoric/writing needs to address—and quickly!—three current and rapidly expanding developments in artificial intelligence…
Inscrutable AI: Deep Learning and the Problem of Technology and Trust
What happens when an artificial intelligence is right, but we don’t know why? One of the latest trends…
Becoming the Bot: Rhetorical Reflexivity and AI Ethics
Unless you’re rooting for social media bots to become Nazis, Microsoft’s Tay was a resounding failure. When she…
Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain
One of the many memorable scenes in The Wizard of Oz shows Dorothy and her friends overawed by…
Bots or Ghosts? Ethical Considerations of Bots as Ghostwriters
After returning to formal studies of writing after several years away, I realized that bots have begun to…
Tropes of Feminine AI
In 1927, German filmmaker Fritz Lang gave us our first vision of a feminine AI, and her name…
Kialo: “Noise-Free” Digital Debates
Introduction Cut through the noise, engage in focused discussion––that’s what Kialo (www.kialo.com), a digital debate platform for civic…
Digital Rhetoric, Surveillance Studies, & Health: Becoming Student Advocates and Promoting Critical Digital Literacy Practices at Two Campus Centers
Introducing Our Class: Digital Rhetoric in Health & Medicine In the Fall of 2017, the nine of us…
Gender Codes: A Digital Exhibit Review
Introduction Gender Codes: Why Women are Leaving Computing is a digital exhibit arranged by A.J. Gerick as a…
Call for Blog Carnival Contributions––Rhetorics and Ethics in Smart Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Popular sources like The Verge, Techcrunch, and Forbes have recently revealed that millions of households have bought and…
Wrap Up for “Material and Digital Rhetorics: Openings for Feminist Action”
It’s time for our “Material and Digital Rhetorics: Openings for Feminist Action” blog carnival to come to a…
Altar to the Women of Rhetoric: Día de Muertos Altars as a Material Rhetorical Practice for Shifting the History of Rhetoric
In Fall of 2017, a group of student’s in Frontera Retorica—the graduate student chapter of RSA at the University…
SlutWalk on Digital Media: A New Materialist Reworking of Women’s Identity
Every year, SlutWalk protesters gather together in various cities around the globe to rail against the slutshaming of…
Let’s Hear It for the Girls!
I want girls to be empowered and to stand up for what they believe in … to be…