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technology is low-tech, but important to the job I was surprised that the call center doesn’t automate responses online. Lanham’s attention economy, shows that you entertain customers and customers get the attention of workers. My claim is that Dani is a good worker; however, job doesn’t give much $.

My research question is: How is writing a necessary part of a job in the science-based career of speech-language pathology? I want to know how writing is incorporated into the career of a speech-language pathologist, as this job is considered to be scientific yet creative. I wish to know how writing is important to aContinue reading “SWA 1: Research Proposal”

Interview question for the linguistics professor: Talking about Lanham’s attention economy, how do you make an academic paper interesting to people not of the linguistics profession?

Nakamura’s article made me think of my own experience seeing comments online that are speaking against other commenters who leave criticisms of feminism. People who do not understand feminism view it as a negative concept; I think it’s brave for people to leave comments and express their opinion with the possibility of being criticized byContinue reading “RR7 Nakamura”

What questions about writing in the workplace or people who write for a living came up for you while engaging with the readings in the last few weeks? (Think back to Mc Millan Cottom’s take on how the new economy is shaping education, Gregg’s argument about the emotional constraints of white-collar work in conditions ofContinue reading “Engagement 3/4”

Option 2 I want to be an editor or a writer for either a magazine, newspaper, or publishing house. Writing would obviously be a major task in my job; I would either want to be writing articles, or editing books to be published. Writing would take the form of giving someone else critique’s on theirContinue reading “Engagement 3/2”

build off of ideas in my artifact–in elder’s article–things I agree with? or find what you disagree with, and write own analysis audience-could be for other people looking to examine the economy of harry potter build on conversation–write your own analysis of things that he missed or analysis of the fandom

Tolentino uses rhetoric to show that men attempt to undermine the female voice in order to feel empowered, or continue a system of misogynistic oppression that puts men in power. The exigency shows that women must continue to have their voices heard for any real change to be made. She is purposefully encouraging women toContinue reading “Engagement #1 2/26”

Option 2 Freshman year of college, I got an email from my dorm’s house fellow. The audience of the note was all the students on the fourth floor. It read something along the lines of Please DO NOT leave shoes in the hallway. Our cleaning staff cannot vacuum. I realize no one likes tracking water/snowContinue reading “Engagement 2/24 Passive-Agressive Note”

To me this article is about the daily grind that so many Americans experience. It shows the state of our economy as one that favors productivity, rather than happiness or contentment during work. The article to me seemed mostly negative, highlighting our low standards for giving comfort at work. Gregg used the Six Feet Under example toContinue reading “Gregg Reading Response”