Week 5
Digital Authorship
Welcome in everyone! I hope some of you moved your participation level from Lurker to Contributor or perhaps Creator, which we discussed in week 3 content. This week we will discuss Digital Authorship, which is what I'm doing by creating and controlling my digital writing journey content. If you have created, interacted, and collaborated in a digital space with an audience, guess what; you have the title of digital authorship as well. Let's cover more concepts from this week. A persuasive writing or speaking style to impress your audience is called rhetoric. To use rhetoric in your digital or traditional writings you should reflect Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle, which consist of these three concepts: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos, the writers spirit or beliefs should be portrayed to gain trust from the audience. Second, pathos is where the writer influences the audience by using language to evoke emotions from the audience. Third, logos is the cohesion of logic and factual connections to persuade the audience of a particular point. To create a well-rounded effective argument, these three elements should be used together.
Let me cover some examples of ethos, pathos, and logos. When an author gains the trust of their audience by sharing personal information, this would reflect ethos, such as I have two adult children and a granddaughter and I encourage them to write digitally as well. Also, I shared in week 1 that I am taking a digital writing class. I'm expressing my trust and credibility onto my audience. If I wanted to impact my audience with pathos, I would share personal stories or imagery of how several of my family members and friends have been diagnosed with cancer to build an emotional connection with my audience. Lastly, an example of logos would be to share data on a particular subject matter and be able to provide statistics by citing a study for audience confirmation.
So, what makes digital writing compelling; the audience is real and you can make connections with people of the same interest. I have communicated with people in Africa, which I thought was amazing. What I'm fascinated by is the immediate feedback. Being able to collaborate globally to brainstorm ideas encourages engagement. I totally agree with Professor John Ruszhiewicz and Andrea Lunsford "everything's an argument" (Steffen, 2025) and everything has a message are meant to persuade actions or feelings. Until I read this module I did not consider this to be true. The best example is what should I wear today, why did I choose this particular outfit. I wore a yellow shirt today, in hopes to put a smile on my students face and for them to feel joyful. I wanted to persuade their feelings.
We must remember that with digital writing, it leaves a digital footprint, whatever you post will always be there in the digital world. These post can be copied and can go viral without our control. Lastly, our information is on social media and anyone can search you. Quick story, I lost a debit card last year, someone found it and searched my name, found my phone number, and they called me trying to return the lost card. They asked for my address, which I didn't share. I cancelled the card. This weird event made me search myself and some of my personal information was listed and all my social network post. Please be aware of what you post, because it's permanent. We are all considered digital writers once we use an electronic device to post content, when we engage in a digital social environment, and this includes social networking.
This week I have included visual poetry of my favorite poem Still I Rise,
-by Maya Angelou
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise
https://canvas.odu.edu/courses/195854/pages/05-%7C-digital-authorship?module_item_id=8635631
Question of the week😊
Do you have a favorite poem or song that you would like to share?
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