About social networking

“Even before the proliferation of social networking platforms like blogging, Facebook, and Twitter, some rhetoric and writing academics suggested that the word “audience” may have outlived its usefulness.”

This situation concerns the increased use of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as blogs about the use. Social networking has been more common in recent years for both contact and education. Since they have a large number of readers, these blogs have a much larger forum for works in the field of writing and rhetoric. This is true as social media creates a common ground where the creator of the content and the audience can engage each other. It provides a platform for the author to explain some content, which might not be clear.

“Our locus of reality has shifted,”

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This is an important aspect as the introduction of the digital world has shifted this from the traditional way. This shows how the new social networking sites have transformed the writing and rhetoric sectors and how the players should adapt and move with the new technology. Further, it is important for the players in the industry to adopt the change as it is important in shaping the future of writing. The social media has taken the world by storm, and nearly every this is shaping to accommodate the new changes.

“Are the changes brought about by new media and new literacies so substantial that it is more accurate to refer to those who participate in new media writing, ranging from user-generated content and tagging to tweeting and digital remixing, as “the people formerly known as the audience”

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This is true as the new literacies and new media bring a new level of rhetoric and writing. Primarily, most of the information generated for the social networking sites are mainly for the user. The user dictates the information that the is generated. This is true as the creators consider the user of the content to create information that can receive a wider audience.

Works cited

Lunsford, Andrea A., and Lisa Ede. “Among the audience: On audience in an age of new literacies.” Engaging audience: Writing in an age of new literacies(2009): 1-38.