Computers and Writing

Chapter 13 focuses on writing regarding the World Wide Web. Rice traces the history of the Web, and informs the reader on the rapid rate of expansion since it’s rise to popularity in 1992. Due to the fact that so many people are online these days, the internet has become a true cultural entity. [...]

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Chapter 11 mainly focuses on the Beat Generation, a group of young, white, male writers gathering in Greenwich Village and San Francisco. These individuals all share feelings of disillusionment and alienation, and called themselves “The Beats” due to a sense of self-despair and holiness. These men gave birth to an entirely new movement in American [...]

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There is a very signifigant difference between plagiarism and ReMix. Plagiarism is the theft of another individual’s work that is passed off as one’s own creation. A ReMix is when an individual builds off a previous piece of work, to create a new piece that the individual could call his own.
Chapter 8 focuses on masculinity’s [...]

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    In Chapter 6, Rice makes very interesting points regarding the appropriation of the term “cool”. The author implies that the idea of cool is not a new concept, the word has origins with the slave trade. This gives a little extra dimension to the concept. Rice discusses the work of Robert Thompson in the [...]

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Chapter 1
This chapter primarily focuses on the different meanings and connotations one would get from the word “cool.” The author tries to examine the purpose of the word in our society, and looks at how the word has changed over time. The word “cool” seems to convey rebellion, style, and independence. The author mentions James [...]

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AUTHOR: Don Unger, Professional Writing, SUNY Cortland, USA
I picked this post because the title really drew me in. It sparked interest in me just because of the title, which of course inferred cannibalism, but also gave a nod to a band I am familiar with in the music scene, the Fine Young Cannibals. As [...]

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