It's All About the Rhetoric
I would say that my general thoughts towards the qualifications of multimedia writing have changed little since the beginning of the semester. I still maintain that multimedia writing is using any form of media to express an argument or opinion to an observer. This can be done through images, sounds, words, etc. but the rhetorical capacity is what is important. This semester instead has been about fleshing out the concept of multimedia writing. Once I had a working definition, the class explored a variety of different types of media to determine how they fit into the concept of multimedia writing. Some types weren't much of a stretch, like the website, as they included the written word. But others, like the audio mashup, were more difficult to convey a message with. Overall, it seemed that any limitations imposed on these media and their ability to "speak" to the audience were a function not of the medium but of the creator - me! As long as I had the capacity to utilize the medium, I was able to convey my message to the best of my ability. And that, I think, is what it's all about.
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Kaice, I completely agree with your inclusion of rhetoric in your multimedia writing definition because it is such a large part of it and because it is what sets it apart from 'everything else.' I also understand what you mean when you say that the limitations were not of the medium but the creator. I found that to definitely be true when working with the audio mashup - it wasn't technology that I was very familiar with, and I felt like I didn't convey my message as well as I would have liked to. Anyway, it was interesting to see how you qualifications of multimedia writing have evolved.
-Elizabeth Shedrow