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Students for Social Change: Activist Literacy and Digital Media

Lintelman, Karryn Audra
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248473294

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis describes a person-based research study that investigates the literacy practices of students who self-identify as activists at Miami University. Research methods are drawn from activist methodology and empathetic interviewing techniques. This study presents and analyzes data from ten interviews with student activists, focusing especially on three in-depth case studies of specific student activists and the texts they have created for their work. In particular, this study addresses the following questions: How and to what extent do student activists understand and practice rhetorical persuasion? How do sponsors, material conditions, and contexts support the activist literacies of participants? How do student activists conceptualize and employ digital technologies and multiple modalities in their work? What advice can activist students provide for teachers of writing? The project ultimately reveals implications for teachers, especially those interested in public writing and critical pedagogy, as well as for future research.
Jason Palmeri, PhD (Committee Chair)
Heidi McKee, PhD (Committee Member)
John Tassoni, PhD (Committee Member)
106 p.
Composition; Rhetoric
literacy; activist; activism; rhetoric; persuasion; digital media; composition; critical pedagogy

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  • Lintelman, K. A. (2009). Students for Social Change: Activist Literacy and Digital Media [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248473294

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lintelman, Karryn. Students for Social Change: Activist Literacy and Digital Media. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248473294.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lintelman, Karryn. "Students for Social Change: Activist Literacy and Digital Media." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1248473294

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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