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The Semiotics, Practical Application, and Assessment of the Modalities
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Lenz, Kent Alan
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1398773919
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Year and Degree
2014, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, English (Rhetoric and Writing) PhD.
Abstract
This dissertation examines the influence digital composing spaces, e.g. networked technology, have on composition instruction, student composing practices, and assessment of student work. Recent conversations - Pamela Takayoshi and Brian Huot (2003), Cynthia Selfe (2007), Joddy Murray (2009), and The National Writing Project (2010) - recognize that the presence of technology has given rise to multimodality in composition curricula. Thus, this project first questions what can be considered multimodality by examining where print and digital composing spaces have differences and similarities. Second, whether the multimodal composition process occurs in print or digital composing spaces, the process of multimodality (either instruction or production) relies on Semiotics as a basis for visual interpretation and theory. To showcase this theory in practical application, this project analyzes advertisements for technology to map society’s history with various technological landmarks. Next, this project then considers how multimodality can be used in composition curriculum by exemplifying an Intermediate Writing. However, the presence of multimodality in the classroom raises the question of assessment. As a result, this project utilizes Semiotics in conjunction with theories of discourse as a foundation for assessing multimodal composition projects. Finally, this dissertation provides discussion that speculates on the future direction of composition. This speculation recognizes that the influence multimodality has is not just noticeable in popular composition textbooks. The influence reaches us as members of contemporary society.
Committee
Kristine Blair, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Gary Heba, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Lee Nickoson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Becca Cragin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
229 p.
Subject Headings
Composition
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Multimedia Communications
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Rhetoric
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Technology
Keywords
Multimodal Composition
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Composition
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First Year Composition
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Composition Theory
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Pedagogy
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Semiotics
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Visual Rhetoric
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Technology
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Lenz, K. A. (2014).
The Semiotics, Practical Application, and Assessment of the Modalities
[Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1398773919
APA Style (7th edition)
Lenz, Kent.
The Semiotics, Practical Application, and Assessment of the Modalities.
2014. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1398773919.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Lenz, Kent. "The Semiotics, Practical Application, and Assessment of the Modalities." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1398773919
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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