At the beginning of the semester for this class, I didn't really like the blog. And still don't only because I feel like I forget about it often even though it has been helpful for the Native American Rhetorics unit of the semester, due to my topic of which I was researching. As for the other units for this class, it was partially helpful because everyone has a different perspective on what certain aspects of rhetoric mean, such as power, feminism/ gender, and the meaning of rhetoric.
If anything, I wish there was more involvement of the historical background of the cultures involved with the different rhetorics that we analyzed this semester because the articles that we read had very little of that, unless it was at the beginning of the unit to me, especially with the Egyptian Rhetorics (of which I don't know much about). The only reason why this interests me the most is because I am a History minor that wants to focus on technology and culture. However, not all of us are history nerds like myself.
Overall, with the help of the blog, what I sought to learn came mostly from myself. Probably, mostly because I read only those I knew the names to or had an interesting title. Yes, I am one of those readers. I guess because of that the blog was hard for me to really get into. Along with the fact that my mind is often on its own island when it comes to specific subjects, such as video games and TV shows (Mad Men, House of Cards, ect things like that). Though for me bringing in these topics through the blog, I was able to use other forms of rhetorical studies to view subject that I use/watch every day,which is why I am no longer fun taking to the movies now. All of the running commentary!
I wish to see where the class goes with the rhetorical knowlegde after this class. Leaving me with the questions of: Is there a way where we can get emails if the blog is updated at all? and How long does the blog stay up after the completion of the course?
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