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Feeling Digital Composing

Shivener, Richard
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561996947354947

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2019, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: English.
This research investigated the relationship between digital media composing practices and feelings, specifically turning to authors of digital media texts and books in the field of rhetoric and composition. My primary purpose was to understand the extent to which digital composing is an embodied, felt experience, thereby articulating how authors feel about drafting, coding, designing and revising scholarly projects for digital environments. Theories of digital rhetoric and emotion supported a framework for analyzing a range of authors’ behind-the-scenes articles (VanKooten; Sheridan) and “practitioner stories” (Ridolfo) about digital composing. In order to capture the affective complexities and workflows of authors composing digital texts, qualitative methods were necessary for this research. More than 20 authors participated in semi-structured interviews or online questionnaires. Methods that stemmed from digital rhetoric practitioner research and emotion studies positioned me to interview authors, take stock of their composing practices (e.g., sharing screen recordings; drafts of documents), and co-review data generated from interviews and observations (e.g., participants reviewed transcripts and responded). Presenting six case studies supported by ancillary interviews and survey data, my research suggests that responding to reviewer feedback and coding a digital media text are the most painful parts of the rhetorical-affective workflow. Research also suggests that collaborating with vertical and horizontal mentors (e.g., editors and peers) and delivering a text in public are the most pleasurable. Consequently, my research implicates the support systems (or lack thereof) and editorial workflows that make digital media production possible.
Laura Micciche, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christopher Carter, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Russel Durst, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
173 p.
Rhetoric
digital rhetoric; emotion; affect theory; online scholarship; digital publishing; writing studies

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  • Shivener, R. (2019). Feeling Digital Composing [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561996947354947

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shivener, Richard. Feeling Digital Composing. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561996947354947.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shivener, Richard. "Feeling Digital Composing." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561996947354947

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