Xchanges Journal

Today, we are showcasing Travis Griffin’s work with different styles of writing for different audiences. He discusses how to make your writing accessible to many different readers who may read your text. To find out how, read his 2014 article here!
https://xchanges.org/intermediate-level-communication-9-2

Today, we’re looking at Raquel Dean’s work with rhetoric in technical communication. She draws attention to culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse populations and focuses on making usability accessible. To see how, read her 2019 article here! https://xchanges.org/user-experiences-of-spanish-speaking-14-1

Are you struggling to make sense of peer review? Manuel Piña shares his tips and tricks for understanding and adapting peer review to your work in his 2024 article here.https://xchanges.org/how-do-i-really-revise-18-1-2

To read the scoop on newspapers, look no further than Brooke Eubanks' 2021 article on Chicago newspapers in the 1920s and 30s. https://xchanges.org/rugged-truth-16-2

Benjamin Sherick shares his findings in the undergraduate thesis The Ethos of Mark Driscoll: Rhetorical Analysis of a Sermon in the Context of a Preacher’s Public Reputation. Read his 2016 thesis here! https://xchanges.org/the-ethos-of-mark-driscoll-11-2

Today, we’re showcasing Maggie Sardino’s work about the All-American Boyband Brockhampton. She discusses counterpublics and counterdiscourses in her 2021 article, which you can read here.
https://xchanges.org/brockhampton-16-2

Photos get edited all the time, but have you ever thought about the ethics of doing so? Amber McDonnell discusses the importance of conveying correct information over aesthetics in her 2015 article. Read it here!
https://xchanges.org/the-ethics-of-visual-rhetoric-10-2-11-1

Happy Friday! Today, we are looking at the rhetoric of first-year students' documentary composition in composition classes. Jacob Richter studies their use of rhetoric in multimodal projects and the limitations they work with in his 2021 article. https://xchanges.org/cameraphone-composition-16-1