IDC 6175 - Digital Rhetoric

3-0-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite:
Course provides students with a foundation in rhetoric as a study of argument, persuasion, and convention. In particular, the course focuses on rhetorical practice within a digital environment. Students will develop strong digital literacy skills to help them analyze both audience and content of new media. They will explore how a medium creates assumptions for its users, and how these media interact with one another in a larger social context. Through case studies and applied projects, students will learn to integrate digital rhetoric into the practices of professional and technical communication.