For Tuesday, March 21

Since the due date for your proposal and pitch has been delayed until March 23rd, we will be discussing the following texts in class on Tuesday:

“Kevin Allocca: Why Videos Go Viral”
“The Six Things That Make Stories Go Viral”
“The Secret Strategies Behind Many ‘Viral’ Videos”
(Don’t miss the comments and the follow-up post.)

“Rediscovering the ‘Back and Forthness’ of Rhetoric in the Age of YouTube” (Jackson and Wallin)

“Why Spreadable Doesn’t Equal Viral” (Jenkins)

Optional, but a great read: “Writing Ecologies, Rhetorical Epidemics (Seas)

 

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