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English 102: Writing, Research, & Responsibility in Social Media Culture
Fall 2016
Assignment 6: Reading and Analyzing “Selfie”
Part 1: Get to know the Class
Please read through the Selfies posted to the class discussion board. Additionally, post 2-‐‑3
responses to folks in whatever way you see fit. Please try to spread responses out to
different people so one person doesn’t get all of them and another receives no comments.
Part 2: Writing your First Multimodal Rhetorical Analysis
You spent the last week reading and note-‐‑taking on Selfie. You have also spent lots of time
in class analyzing two different multimodal text, discussing what it means to communicate
ethically (and how that may be opposed to unethical communication), and you have read
several texts that have described what it takes to compose a multimodal rhetorical analysis.
For this assignment, you are being asked to write a 3-‐‑5 page multimodal rhetorical analysis
of Selfie. It may help to return to Wysocki’s “Mutlimedia of Text” for an example how you
may do this. You should have plenty of notes from Assignment 5, so be sure to integrate
those into your analysis. One thing to keep in mind as you read, as with everything in this
class, a text may not be written for you, but what are the main ideas and values behind it?
How do you know? How can you be a good rhetorical listener and attempt to understand
Syme and her perspective of Selfies, even if it varies from your own. What her purpose her,
and what cultural context would make that purpose matter right now? And importantly,
who does it matter to? Please be sure in your analysis to include several examples to back
up your analysis. Additionally, be sure to address not only the writing, but how it is
arranged. It’s structure, mode, and medium (funny that it is published on the website
Medium…why? Why online? Why in 7 parts?).
Some general advice for more thoughtful writing:
• Rid yourself of distractions (television, music with lyrics, roommates, friends who
may try to message you or interrupt you, etc).
• Give yourself time to write. Rather than writing to get words on the page to
complete the assignment, keep in mind the goal here is for you to be thoughtful.
There is no page count anyway.
• Move around if you find you are getting stuck. Going outside, taking a shower,
exercising, or tidying up your room/desk (without distractions) may help shake
some ideas lose.
• Doodle, write in a journal, or write a poem to get the words going.
• If you find you are easily distracted while writing, meditation may also be useful (I
enjoy the free app “Insight Timer”: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zen-timer-
meditation-timer/id337472899?mt=8)
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English 102: Writing, Research, & Responsibility in Social Media Culture
Fall 2016
Checklist to receive credit for this essay:
1. Your analysis should be at least 3-‐‑5 pages, times new roman size 12 font with 1 inch
margins. (though it can be longer than 3 if you would like)
2. Include your name and a title at the top
3. Include specific examples from the text (quotations, descriptions, summaries)
4. Address the medium and mode of the essay and how they fit into your analysis
5. Come to some conclusion about what the purpose of the essay is (who is it
motivated by and why)
6. And finally, work to ethically listen to the author and what she aims to do (as oppose
to an argumentative or combative essay). Your goal is to understand. Not argue.
*If you are missing any of the above six criteria, you will be asked to redo your essay and it
will count as a late assignment.
**turn your assignment into the D2L dropbox and bring a paper or electronic version of it
to class for us to discuss on Tuesday.
English 102: Writing, Research, & Responsibility in Social Media Culture
Fall 2016
Assignment 7: Revising “Selfie”
Part 1: Feedback Discussion
Use our feedback from class to revise your analysis to the best of your ability. Please
highlight your changes in yellow like this.
In addition, I want you to turn carefully to how you are inserting quotations and summaries
in your essay using the information below. Please be sure to properly introduce your
quotations.
What are the differences among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing?
These three ways of incorporating other writers’ work into your own writing differ according to
the closeness of your writing to the source writing.
Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. They must
match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.
Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase
must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the
original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.
Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main
point(s). Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.
Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source
material.
Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words
A paraphrase is…
your own rendition of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else,
presented in a new form.
• one legitimate way (when accompanied by accurate documentation) to borrow from
a source.
• a more detailed restatement than a summary, which focuses concisely on a single
main idea.
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Paraphrasing is a valuable skill because…
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it is better than quoting information from an undistinguished passage.
it helps you control the temptation to quote too much.
the mental process required for successful paraphrasing helps you to grasp the full
meaning of the original.
English 102: Writing, Research, & Responsibility in Social Media Culture
Fall 2016
Introducing Quotations
• In almost all cases, you must introduce a quotation by incorporating it into your writing
ratherthan simply dropping it in. The most simply way to do this is to use the author’s last
name in the introduction:
o
EX: Rita Dove writes, “There is a parrot imitating Spring” (Dove 55).
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Remember that the first letters of the quotation are capitalized if the sentence is one that
can stand on its own.
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Another way to introduce a quotation is with a complete sentence and a colon.
o EX: Rita Dove humanizes the dictator by introducing his relationship with his
mother: “My mother, my love in death” (Dove 56).
Try to Avoid…
“Dropped” Quotations
If you put a sentence from a text into your essay with no introduction, it is considered a
“dropped” quotation.
Unmatched Grammar Introduction and Quotations
Be careful to watch for grammar and tense in your quotations to ensure the grammar of the your
own voice matches that of the quotation and vice versa.
Quotes that Do Not Support the Body of the Paragraph Make sure that the quotes you use
actually support the topic you are discussing in the paragraph, and they are relevant to the
controlling purpose of your interpretation.
Due: Thursday, September 28th to the D2L dropbox.
If you chose to not revise your essay or revise very minimally, you will not earn
credit on this assignment and it will count as a late assignment. You are expected to
spend at least a full hour revising your essay.
ABDULHADI ALBAQSHI
Abdulhadi Albaqshi
Kristin Ravel
ENG102
9/26/2017
Analysis of Selfies
Selfie was an article focusses on selfie images and people who takes selfies. The author
emphasized on two main ideas, one is people who support taking selfies and the others who
against taking selfies. Long time ago, when historians and experts of images test the cultural
imagery left behind the 21st century, they will be puzzled by the universality of the digital selfie
images. As a result, our love of selfies could not be stopped, it grows with us as we grow up. As
we can observe, social media sites becomes fully filled out of selfies these days which prove that
the selfie-portraiture is far from a modern creation. Self-portraiture was preserved of many
master artists such as Van Eyck and Joseph Ducreux. However, in the present days, everyone
who has a smartphone and Instagram and many other apps can share selfies and picture to the
society.
Therefore, the question arises, what, then is it worth? It is noticeable that people don’t
take selfies when they are alone or in vacuums, but, it usually occurs through social events.
However, there are those people who take selfies alone such as when they are at home with no
one around, bedroom or even when they are taking shower and there were many examples of
these kinds of people on the article. The culture of selfies has really an important effect not only
on people who take selfies but on other people who are online and able to watch what people are
posting and that somehow could be useful or harmful.
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Selfie politics are attention politics: it is all about who gets to be seen, who gets to occupy
the visual field.” Syme said. I agree with Rachel Syme, that in spite of many people thinking that
Selfie is destructive or sometimes viewed as an attention seeker for help by younger women. They
are a way over which one can express himself or herself, and obviously, a method through which
one can break the conformity by the persons own a smartphone.
In her multimodal rhetorical analysis of Selfie, she focuses on a significant issue on
social pressure among young women. The author further establishes a sense of exigency
(importance). It gives the reader an indication that the issue is certainly real and must be looked
into whether by looking closely at the effects that selfies have to young adults or the effects of
social media have as a whole on the same young adults who have peer influence as a result of
low esteem. . Additionally, Syme successfully carries out a rhetorical criticism’s greatest goals
where she even provides more depth and analysis on the issues to create a more understanding of
the issue by the reader as opposed to a common and meaningless critique that lacks depth and
analysis. So are selfies a benign, positive and self-promotion or a more threatening cry for
attention seekers? Given its popularity and fast growth, computational social science may play a
critical role in offering a better way to interpret modern self-portraiture than the conventional
psychology.
Syme was able create an analytical method in her analysis because of her subjective view
of the certain issue of selfies. She abandons personal opinion and she gives and analysis of points
made about selfies as a positive means for young adults to better express themselves.
Basically, in rhetorical criticism, the bets manner to understand more or even shed some
light on something new and undiscovered is by analyzing qualitatively as opposed to numbers
based on quantitative approach making her criticism an art. While art historians solely focused
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traditionally on reading her singular image and practice formal analysis of unique artifact, the
current project instead has primarily focused on distinct features such as pose, facial expression
and even the mood shown in the picture. In her analysis, she poses a question that focuses on the
attention of the reader hence providing the reader with an opportunity to examine the claims that
relate to the young adults who often undergo social media pressures.
The Selfie has earned a place in the Oxford English Dictionary, and it has become a word
that is used by a large age demographics all over the world and we can notice how quickly it
become widely popular. Some social psychologists argue that selfies creates a positive mode of
identity formation and thus a significant way of presenting and reinforcing a personal image on
the vast social media. To most people, it offers a more attractive image as the movement of life
tends to overcome the day to day flaws that might be more noticeable to an individual. Rachel,
the author, decided to publish the article online since the again majority of its intended audience
is often online and she was not only able to reach out to her audience but also pass the necessary
message on selfies and its impact it has on society. She divided her article into seven chapters
where each chapter tackled a different theme or issue about the selfies. Through her chapters,
one can distinctively differentiate different topics and matters raised in each chapter which
allows easy navigation and tracking for the reader. her seven chapters she focuses and raises
issues on social pressures concerning taking of selfies and efficiently provides a positive
criticism helping the audience to aware on the social culture created by the use of selfies.
Honestly, she claims all the matters and situations that could come into mind about selfies.
Essentially, the creation of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram,
have gradually revolutionized and has transformed us to an exhibitionist and self-obsessed
people who often feel the need to share every single aspect of their daily with the world. There is
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even danger of releasing photos of yourself on a daily basis has become more apparent, and most
of the social media sites now post the election and time your photos were taken and providing
such crucial information to predators, who can easily access such information e.g. where one
lives, one’s daily routines and even location.
In essence, the consequences of posting selfies could be much greater than one ever
imagined. Contrary to artistic self-portraits, produced in many of the art institutions, popular selfportraits and selfies are produced for completely different reasons. Well, there are many personal
motives such as to serve as a souvenir, projecting for future generations, sometimes looking for
help, providing motivation to the public for the less fortunate or the ailing in the society.
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