The terms that Ridolfo and Rife introduce are interconnected because they all (rhetorical velocity, delivery, appropriation, and recompostion) deal with Maggie's case but to go more in depth they are connected to the practice of rhetorical theory. These terms help us understand how rhetors can strategically compose for the recomposition of their own intellectual property.
The term that I think functions more importantly in their article would be the term delivery. This term has changed just as time has moved forward. I say this because delivery is important with any piece of rhetoric we come in contact with. The methods of delivery have changed and we now have digital delivery which deals more so with the internet, social media in this case Maggie's case. "Rhetorical practices in a digital age are different than traditionally conceived." (289) I totally agree with statement because if we have more of a variety of mediums then things become a bit tricky. Also delivery is important in this essay because the way Maggie's case is presented and "delivered" to the public is how much credibility and attention it gets . Now, the term rhetorical velocity would more so apply and coincide with Carolyn's term "genre" because it is a strategic concept of delivery according to R&R. (229)
With genre I feel as if that is more or less the same thing because you have to strategize things in a group before just putting in a group and that is what the genre process is all about. R&R also state that rhetorical velocity theorizes the possibilities for the recomposition of a text. For instance changing the form to digital or print and thinking about how this could affect the content and the way it is viewed. This deals with genre because if you use one genre and then try to switch it over to another type of genre it wouldn't work well or it would depending on the delivery of the medium and how well the audience perceived it. The term that surprised me the most was delivery. This term gives media the chance to be put into a different form so that the text can live longer. For instance, putting a piece of rhetoric on paper and the transferring it into some kind of YouTube video allowing the text to live longer.
Hi Kelshay,
ReplyDeleteIn response to your introduction-Ridolfo and Rife's interconnection of terms correlates nicely with rhetorical theory. I liked how you stated that, "these terms help us understand how rhetors can strategically compose for the re-composition of their own intellectual property." In relation to Maggie's case, these terms indeed helped decipher just how the University got away with using Maggie's photo in a false light. I thought that it was good that you tied this into your introduction.
In response to your second paragraph-I as well thought that the term delivery played a key role in understanding how technology has changed over time. However, I didn't think of delivery as a main impact similar to the way you stated until I read your post. I think it is recognizable that delivery places a major role but I like how you tied this in. The credibility and attention that she receives because of the delivery of her picture was a fundamental point. I agree as well that rhetorical velocity coincides with Miller's term of 'genre.' I think this is a key thing to understand when trying to compare and contrast the two.
In regards to your third paragraph-For your first sentence, are you stating that rhetorical velocity and genre are the same thing? I see that you reference R&R by stating that rhetorical velocity theorizes the possibilities for the re-composition of the text, which I thought was great to add. Your example of switching from digital to print and how that correlated to genre was really interesting. The delivery of medium in Maggie's case proved to be a major problem. The word delivery did prove to be surprising. The delivery of Maggie's photo did indeed surprise her and the other activists. The fact that they changed the entire background of the photo to be more fitting for the university, was what caused Maggie to have major problems.
-I really liked your post and thought that you had great points in regards to delivery, genre and rhetorical velocity. Great Job!
-Anjelica MacGregor
Kelshay, I completely agree with your idea of delivery being the most important in this case. It seems that the delivery of the photo and the message are what changed the entire story here and developed their own case. I think your last paragraph is where I got a little lost. I'm confused to see how genre relates to rhetorical velocity. I think what R&R mean by rhetorical velocity is that people are able to change the outcome of a medium just by saying it. Just like Maggie's photo, the photographer was able to change her story.
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