Swarms, Viral Writing, and the Local : Rhetorical Dynamics Across Networked Publics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whithaus, Carl.

Series:

Composition, Literacy, and Culture Series

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025.

Summary:

Considers how Social Media Writing Can Both Fuel and Resist Disinformation and Violence.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

Preface: The #PepperSprayCop Meme and the Minneapolis Airport

Acknowledgments

Introduction: In Situ Rhetorical Analysis

PART I. SWARMS

1 Swarming Texts: Writing as Community Building across Live Streams, Blogs, and Image Boards

2 Liquid Minds: Writing Together, NaNoWriMo, and Fandoms on Discord

3 The Quick (and the Dead): Complex Relationships across Networked Communities

PART II. VIRAL WRITING

4 Trolls and Mobs: When Social Media Writing Fuels Violence

5 Witnesses: Resistance and the Everyday

6 The Playful Virus: Remixing on TikTok and Reddit

PART III. THE LOCAL

7 What We Remember, Where We Remember: Memes, Digital Archives, and the Possibilities of the Local

8 You Are What You Eat: Local Media Ecologies around Yelp and Food Blogs

9 Writing Neighborhoods: Local Wikis, Nextdoor, and Social Street

Coda: Questions, Categories, and the Promise of Change

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780822990109

0822990105

OCLC:

1512319433