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Swarms, viral writing, and the local : rhetorical dynamics across networked publics / Carl Whithaus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whithaus, Carl, author.
- Series:
- Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authorship--Technological innovations.
- Authorship.
- Electronic publications.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2025]
- Contents:
- Preface: The #PepperSprayCop meme and the Minneapolis airport
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: in situ rhetorical analysis
- Part I. Swarms
- Swarming texts: writing as community building across live streams, blogs, and image boards
- Liquid minds: writing together, NaNoWriMo, and fandoms on discord
- The quick (and the dead): complex relationships across networked communities
- Part II. Viral writing
- Trolls and mobs: when social media writing fuels violence
- Witnesses: resistance and the everyday
- The playful virus: remixing on TikTok and Reddit
- Part III. The local
- What we remember, where we remember: memes, digital archives, and the possibilities of the local
- You are what you eat: local media ecologies around Yelp and food blogs
- Writing neighborhoods: local Wikis, Nextdoor, and social street
- Coda: Questions, categories, and the promise of change
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whithaus, Carl Swarms, Viral Writing, and the Local
- ISBN:
- 9780822990109
- 0822990105
- Publisher Number:
- 40032774373
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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