ENG 260 - Professional Writing in the Public Sphere

4 Hour(s)
Students will examine “public writing” in a wide variety of forms (blogs, journalism, academic writing) as a way of interrogating what we mean by “good writing” and “public communication.” Students will explore the idea of a “democratic public sphere” as it emerges historically and appears in the design and use of networked information infrastructures. Students will also examine the ethics of engagement and representation in open-access exchanges, and the conventions of writing deemed necessary for conversing with and about a “general public”.

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