Language, Texts, and Technology
From the monthly archives: September 2016
In week three we discussed the influence that a language (or Language itself) might have on the way we see the world. This week, we are looking at the possibility that the act of putting language down in writing also influences our thought processes and perceptions. Our two readings look at writing from very different […]
In this week’s first video, Gunther Kress identifies modes as semiotic resources. By this, he means that they are different ways that we make meaning. We can also think of modes as the different forms that semiotic signs can take. On a stop sign, the color red signifies a warning. In this case, color is […]
Language and Technology
Much of our focus throughout the rest of this class will be on how we use various technologies to write and read with. This week we ask more foundational questions about the connection between technology and language. In what ways are our abilities to use a language and our abilities to use technologies related to one […]
