Acknowledgments I would like to start by acknowledging the sincere efforts and energy spent by the contributors for Blog Carnival 21, and I am grateful for the intellectual insights provided by each contributor that made the Blog Carnival such a success. In the CFP for Blog Carnival 21, we had requested interested contributors to send their work that furthers the conversations on “discussing the roles of digital rhetoricians in the design, development, and deployment of various methods in determining accuracy and authenticity in the face of vast amounts of misinformation and the advancements in AI for various contexts, including professional,…
Author: Nitya Pandey
Nitya Pandey
Nitya Pandey is a fifth year PhD in the Rhetoric and Composition program at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Her interest areas are digital writing, online writing instruction, affect, multimodality, and response.
Ever since my parents bought me a desktop computer as an eighth grader in 2002, I have loved computers. The introduction to that machine was a turning point for my literacy practices. I started reading on screens, typing instead of writing, and communicating through emails using the dial up internet connection. Moreover, it was also a gateway to a life of composing texts in different modes as well as sharing those that were already in existence. I remember the days when we would use Compact Discs to watch our favorite movies or listen to our favorite songs. Also, I remember…