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Bibliography
Arola, Kristin L., and Anne Frances Wysocki. Composing (Media) = Composing (Embodiment):
Bodies, Technologies, Writing, the Teaching of Writing. Logan, Utah: Utah State Press,
2012. Print. This text includes a discussion of multimodality in composition studies. It is
valuable for those of us who are researching digital and visual rhetoric, either to teach
the concepts or as part of our scholarship.
Blakeslee, Ann, and Cathy Fleischer. Becoming a Writing Researcher. New York: Routledge,
2010. Print. This is a textbook of sorts that walks readers through the various steps in
the research and writing steps, specifically for those writing for academic purposes
(dissertation or scholarly publication). There is discussion of collecting and analyzing
data for qualitative studies, which is not directly related to my dissertation approach, but
may be helpful for others in the class.
Bowen, Tracey, and Carl Whithaus, eds. Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. Print. This collection of essays focuses
on a discussion of the pedagogical merits, obstacles, and proposed solutions of teaching
multimodality in higher education. Numerous authors in the collection discuss their
specific experiences with multimodal projects, a discussion that allows readers to benefit
from lessons learned when implementing their own multimodal projects.
Brock, Andre. “From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation.” Journal of
Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Brock’s article talks about how Twitter has been
used by Blacks as a means to generate larger conversations on issues that are unique
to that community. This will be relevant for anyone conducting research on social
media/social networking and/or social movement media. It’s particularly relevant to my
dissertation research for the latter reason.
DigitRhet.org. “Teaching Digital Rhetoric: Community, Critical Engagement, and Application.”
Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and
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Culture 6.2 (May 2006): 231-259. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. This article talks about the
significance of teaching digital rhetoric as a means to engage our students in their
communities, both for professional purposes and possible activism. Because my
dissertation relates to using new media as a vehicle for service learning and civic
engagement in composition studies, this source is an important one for my research.
Enoch, Jessica. “Changing Research Methods, Changing History: A Reflection on Language,
Location, and Archive.” Composition Studies 38. 2 (Fall 2010): 47-73,145. Print. This
article discusses the unique research methodology that exists for those researching in
the archives. It will be a useful source for many in our class who will be studying primary
sources for literary or historical purposes. Part of my current research involves activist
hashtag history (and rhetoric of these hashtags), so this is a valuable source for the
requisite archival research that topic will require.
Johnson, Janet. “Twitter Bites and Romney: Examining the Rhetorical Situation of the 2012
Presidential Election in 140 Characters.” Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric 2.3/4 (2012):
54-64. Print. Ms. Johnson focuses in her article on the ways that Barack Obama used
Twitter and social media in his bid for the White House in 2008 and how those practices
were modified/honed by candidate Mitt Romney in 2012. Because part of my research
discusses political rhetoric using social media, this source will offer some needed history
and analysis on how it has been done by previous political figures.
Kim, Sung Won, and Shaila Miranda. “A Call to Arms: A Social Movements Perspective on
‘Issue’ Surfacing on Social Media.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Proceedings. 1 Aug. 2011. PDF file. This report is an interesting discussion of how
individuals turn “private troubles” into “public issues” in the social media world. The
authors discuss how these collectives are constituted and, specifically, how ideas and
personal problems rise to the point of “issue” on social media. This is an important
component of any discussion of social media activism and hashtag rhetoric and will
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hopefully help me to better understand the influence of individuals on issues in which
they engage through social media; likewise, it will help me better understand the how the
technology itself (social media) can influence whether or not an “issue” comes to exists.
Locke, Lawrence F., Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman. Proposals That
Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals. 5th Ed. Thousand Oaks:
Sage, 2007. Print. This book is an informative resource that helps individuals plan for
and draft dissertation and grant proposals. While both are useful skills for doctoral
students to have, this book will be especially helpful as we work on writing a dissertation
prospectus.
Murthy, Dhiraj. “Towards a Sociological Understanding of Social Media: Theorizing Twitter.”
Sociology 46.6 (Dec. 2012): 1059-1073. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
Muthry’s article analyzes the social networking tool Twitter from a sociological approach
with the goal of understanding how groups form, interact, and unite for a purpose in this
forum. Since my research involves political and social activism using new media, this
sociological perspective will be useful.
Ramsey, Alexis E., Wendy B. Sharer, Barbara L’Eplattenier, and Lisa S. Mastrangelo, eds.
Working in the Archives: Practical Research Methods for Rhetoric and Composition.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 2010. Print. This collection of essays written by
archival researchers will be beneficial for those of us who are conducting any sort of
primary research. I will specifically use this source as a guide for my own digital archival
research of social media. My research will take me to the National Archives, which
houses all of the Twitter archives. Studying hashtags and tweets from an archival
perspective will be important, since many of the political tweets that have triggered
activism or politically-charged hashtags (Twitter firestorms) have been deleted by their
users. The archives will provide complete view of Twitter activity for analysis.
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Ritter, Kelly, and Paul Kei Matsuda. Exploring Composition Studies: Sites, Issues, and
Perspectives. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012. Print. This book is an
excellent resource for teachers of college-level composition. It is an edited collection of
essays that focus on theory as much as pedagogy.
Rohlinger, Deana A., and Jennifer Earl, eds. Media, Movements, and Political Change. Bingley,
UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2012. PDF file. This ebook is a valuable source for
analyzing the value of social movement media and its influence over the mainstream
media. Since much of the activism of the day is started in social media (true grassroots
efforts), it will be important to understand a bit of the history of movements and media.
Shipka, Jody. Toward a Composition Made Whole. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press,
2011. Print. Shipka’s book is an excellent overview of the evolving definition of
composition. She discusses multimodal composition in-depth and incorporates various
forms of composition into the discussion – aural and visual among them – including
hybridization of the genres. This is a great resource for practitioners of multimodal
teaching and also those who intend to implement multimodal projects into their
composition courses.
Sullivan, Patricia Suzanne. Experimental Writing in Composition: Aesthetics and Pedagogies.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012. Print. Sullivan has put together an
excellent overview of experimental writing. She discusses the practice of teaching
experimental writing, as well as such important issues as how to evaluate nontraditional
writing forms. This is a useful resource for the pedagogical portions of my dissertation,
which will discuss how my new media assignments have been implemented and
assessed.
Taylor, Astra. “Occupy the Media – and the Message.” The Nation. 2 Apr. 2012. 32-34. Web. 16
April 2013. One of the most effective recent examples of social activism is the Occupy
Wall Street movement. This movement manifested itself on Twitter as the hashtag
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#OWS. Taylor’s short article articulates the frustrations with waning coverage of OWS in
the mainstream media and how organizers took to social media to help “occupy the
message.” I will use this source as a bit of a case study of social movement media, as
well as hashtag activism.
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