ENL 510: Thesis Project Research

(My image won't upload so I will try and explain it as best as possible)

Topic: How organizations establish and develop their ethos through social media.

What is Ethos?	Evolution of Ethos:	Professional use of social media:
- Robert J. Holt - S. Micheal Halloran - James C. McCroskey	- Robert J. Holt - Melody A. Bowdon - Jason Abbott	- Leslie A. Toombs - Amy C. Kimme Hea - S. Micheal Halloran - Jason Abbott - James C. McCroskey

The three pillars (or tables) examine the 3 major points I will be tying together in order to complete my thesis. As you can clearly see, most of the readings between "What is ethos" and "Evolution of ethos" cross over with the "Professional uses of social media". I will be using the commonalities within these readings to first establish a working definition for ethos, followed by its evolution from Aristotelean times to contemporary mediums such as social media. I will then draw from one particular example of an organization that has built a very solid digital ethos for their company and examine through what methods they have been successful and why. ...continue reading "Martyna’s Dinner Party"

In my post, I've created my dinner part in the corner, with the information each major topic has in the 'table' and some authors who have similar rhetoric in their pieces. One major key thing I will point out before I get too into what I want to write about is my authors. Some of them I've excluded here because they don't have similar topics involved and I was viewing other avenues before I ultimately decided I wanted to write about queer rhetoric. The major thing that has stood out to me has been narratives. Passing (straight passing, white passing, etc) vs. dominant narratives, and how the idea of a working closet came into play not only in someones personal life, but their professional life. ...continue reading "Rhyan’s Dinner Party"

Guess who's coming to dinner?

Please see my dinner party visuals, including the draft made in class below and a revised image at the bottom of this page. I imagined this tool as a seating chart for a rectangular table, considering who is sitting next to and away from who (spacing out main sources versus articles used for defining purposes). Imagine I threw a soiree with all my very cool and informative friends who also love technical professional communication, and human centered design!

Lines between articles and arrows illustrate a dialogue between the pieces in the draft version, whereas some are at the table to be used as a reference only.

...continue reading "Steph’s Dinner Party"

Attached is my drawn map of my "dinner party". At each table is a different theme with different authors sitting at those tables, representing their works I read covering the theme.

Image explanation: It may be hard to see, but table one where the black arrow says I first started exploring is themed "What is professional communication?" There sits our first few readings from the class-- the "Visualize a triangle" reading, R. C. Selfe, Porter, and Slack. Next I went to a table labelled "The tech. in technical communication" where I categorized Longo's piece. From there I hopped over to a table labelled "different genre technical writing" where I read a lot of my earlier chosen articles to summarize. Here I include authors covering the genres of video games and prescription medicine. One of the video game authors said similar things to Longo, so I had him hopping back and forth between the tables, or themes. Further, any articles that referred to each other I kept near each other and any articles discussing similar topics I noted with a talk-bubble. After this, arrow number 4 shows that I hop back to Longo's table, realizing I wanted to focus more on the technology in technical communication rather than genres. The last arrow shows that I then moved around to a new table with my most recent readings: Technology in professional and technical writing in the classrooms and pedagogy. From here I wish to explore this topic more from the perspective of a student and a learner rather than of a professor or teacher.

As you can see from my following notes on my most recent thoughts on my essay topic, I am having a hard time making it a singular specific topic that relates to my own professional experiences, so any ideas, comments, or criticisms help! ...continue reading "Leah’s Dinner Party"

Post your dinner party map here. In the other parts of this site, we have posted wiki pages (i.e. your work on professional organizations and professionals) and static pages (i.e. your profiles; our class agendas). To continue to share your work, post your dinner party map as a "Post".

1. Log into our WordPress site
2. Go to All Posts/Add New (from Dashboard) or + New/Post (from top menu bar)
3. Add Media to upload a file or link to your dinner party map
4. Review and comment on others' posts to show points of connection; places you are inspired; share a source; commiserate or celebrate