Watson Session E.9: The Matter of Fake News: Civic Literacies Within and Beyond the University
Presenters: Eric Leake (Texas State University), Sean Rose (Texas State University), Cooper Day (University of Louisville), and Kate…
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Watson Session E.14: How and Why Digital Rhetoric Matters: Hashtag Feminism, Political Memes, and Pepe the Frog
Presenters: Rachael Sullivan (Saint Joseph’s University), Sean Milligan (Wayne State University), Kristi McDuffie (University of Illinois), and Melissa…
Affordances and Constraints of Data Visualization in Politics
Data can be a tricky animal when it comes to politics. One area that is particularly prone to…
Foregrounding the Question
“I have to question the validity of everything now,” read a student’s comment in the course evaluations for…
Human vs. Machine: Tracking Political Discourse Using Voyant
With the rising prevalence of data mining, surveillance analytics, and personally tailored user experience within our online navigation,…
Building Social Networking Sites for Social Good
In fall semester 2016, I taught an advanced web design course in the undergraduate Professional Writing program in…
Authoring Bubbles: Curation, Filter Bubbles, and Politics
Though I’ve been teaching students about filter bubbles for a few years now, the topic has gained visibility…