ENGL210: Technical Writing

7.1: "New Media" and Generating Content for the Web

• Business Communication for Success: "The Evolution of the Internet"

  Read this section and complete the end of section exercise. Pay special attention to the reflection questions after the activity. In addition to the questions posed in the activity, consider why it is important to understand the revenue streams behind websites as a technical writer, and explore how revenue can impact content.
  

• Joseph M. Moxley's "New Media Writing Introduction" Page

  Read this article.

• Sam Corbett's "Text-to-Visual Remediation" Page

  Read this article.

• Writing Activity: Social Media Assignment

  When designing communications for use on social media and websites, a technical writer should keep in mind this process of sharing and reshaping as discussed in the links. Moxley's article notes that “a company’s new patent or product could be discussed via a news release, a blog, a Twitter stream, or a video commercial.” In a paragraph (75-100 words), discuss how a company you are familiar with could share in a message in multiple ways online. What might that message be? What ways/forms might it be reshaped in?
• Business Communication for Success: "Viral Messages"

  Read this section and complete exercise 2. Share your work with a colleague, friend or family member.
  

• Business Communication for Success: "The Effects of the Internet and Globalization on Popular Culture and Interpersonal Communication"

  Read this section and complete exercises 1-3.