Tag: print
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
citation
Ball, Cheryl E., & Kalmbach, James. (Eds.). (forthcoming). RAW: Reading and writing new media. Hampton Press: Cresskill, NJ.
abstract
RAW (Reading & Writing) New Media is an edited collection of contemporary theoretical and pedagogical issues in new media studies. Chapters are written by a range of digital writing studies scholars, from graduate students to full professors. There is an accompanying website to the book.
status
- In progress: Prospectus and four chapters go to MIT Press in November 2006, for consideration. 18 chapters are in final editing stages.
- Accepted for publication: Book is forthcoming from Hampton Press (Fall/Winter 2009) with 21 chapters.
- In press/Update 9/12/09: Final proofs have been checked.
- In press/Update 10/20/09: Index has been completed.
accompanying materials
Tags: closed-access, collaborative, collections in-press, peer-reviewed, print
Posted in Edited Volumes | 2 Comments »
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
citation
Ball, Cheryl E., & Hawk, Byron. (2006). Letter from the guest editors. Computers and Composition, 23(3), 263–265.
abstract
Because of the rise in multiliteracies scholarship since 1999, and with it a dramatic increase in the kinds of texts students read and compose in writing classrooms, this special issue hopes to introduce readers to a next step in multiliteracies composition. That is, we’ve moved—as a field—from linguistic to visual meaning-making, all in digital environments; so, a logical progression is to include other modes of meaning including audio. In doing so, we hope to provide readers with an overview of how a multiliteracies approach that incorporates attention to audio is possible within composition studies. The seven articles in this issue explore forms of audio from several theoretical, historical, and musical perspectives, adding a breadth and richness to current scholarship that uses sound in compositional practices. The authors discuss a range of sonic genres including opera, hip-hop, rock-n-roll, as well as voiceovers and soundtracks. The timeline of these genres covers centuries, from Wagner to digital multimodality (if not virtual reality, although that’s mentioned along the way). The authors connect their discussion of audio—from sampling, sound effects, professional and amateur recordings, and hypermediation—to composition and knowledge-making methods as diverse as using citation systems and teaching sonic literacies.
accompanying materials
Tags: closed-access, collaborative, editorial column, print, published
Posted in Non-Refereed Articles, Publications | No Comments »
Saturday, October 14th, 2006
citation
Ball, Cheryl E., & Hawk, Byron. (Eds.). (2006, September). Computers & Composition [Special issue: Sound in/as compositional space: A next step in multiliteracies]. 23(3), 263-398.
abstract
This special issue addresses the rhetoric of aural and oral modes of communication in writing studies. The articles in this collection vary from exploring the implications of hip-hop sampling on academic citation systems to using pop songs as thesis statements in professional and student-produced movies.
accompanying materials
Tags: closed-access, collaborative, peer-reviewed, print, published
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Friday, September 15th, 2006
citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Show, not tell: The value of new media scholarship. Computers & Composition, 21(4). 403–425.
abstract
In this article, I consider the changing nature of publications in relation to technology and tenure, presenting a taxonomy of scholarly publications: online scholarship, scholarship about new media, and new media scholarship. I offer a focused definition of new media texts as ones that juxtapose semiotic modes in new and aesthetically pleasing ways and, in doing so, break away from print traditions so that written text is not the primary rhetorical means. By applying this definition to scholarly online publications, readers can be better prepared to recognize and interpret the meaning-making potential of aesthetic modes used in new media scholarly texts. I conclude by offering an analysis of a scholarly new media text, “Digital Multiliteracies.”
accompanying materials
Tags: articles published, closed-access, peer-reviewed, print
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Monday, September 4th, 2006
citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Picturing Texts instructor’s guide. New York: W.W. Norton (pp. 1-114).
abstract
The Instructor’s Guide, which accompanies the Picturing Texts (Selfe, George, Palchek, & Faigley, 2004) composition textbook, suggests starting points for working with the discussion questions, advice to give students about the writing prompts, syllabi for several ways of using the book, and other ideas for working with Picturing Texts.
accompanying materials
- a review in C&C Online
- a review in Kairos
- This is a closed-access, print publication. For a copy, please contact a Norton sales rep.
Tags: closed-access, editorially-reviewed, print, published, SoTL
Posted in Publications, Textbook Projects | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004
title/status
- Associate Editor, 2003-04 (of note: responsible for copy-editing the 20th anniversary double issue)
- Assistant Editor, 2000-03
description
Computers and Composition is a professional journal devoted to exploring the use of computers in composition classes, programs, and scholarly projects. It provides teachers and scholars a forum for discussing issues connected to 
computer use. The journal also offers information about integrating digital composing environments into writing programs on the basis of sound theoretical and pedagogical decisions and empirical evidence.
My role as associate editor of Computers and Composition was to oversee editorial production for the quarterly, print journal. I copy-edited, proofread, and corresponded with authors and publishers at Elsevier and trained new graduate students to copy-edit the journal. C&C was located at Michigan Technological University until 2005, which is where I worked under the co-editor, Cynthia Selfe.
see also
- service learning instructor of C&C editing/training sessions
Tags: closed, collaborative, editor, mentor, print
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