I was told by my professor to write ENGL 307 at the top of my post so I could keep track of what I did on the first day.
Digital writing is writing that uses a technology based medium to display written information. I participate in this by writing for a seo (search engine optimization) company. With everything being Googled now it is important that companies have their names recognized by search engines.
Facebook is considered digital writing now so that counts as another form of digital writing. I also work as a customer service representative hence most of what we write down is taking in digital format.
The video in class made me think of digital writing in how the actors used nouns as verbs. Google is an interesting word which can be used multiple ways. It is the name of a search engine website but has become a verb in the context of “Google it”. They also reference Wikipedia in the same fashion even though Wikipedia does get a bad reputation for its ability to be freely edited by anyone. The fact still remain at the time of writing this Wikipedia has over four million articles available. The reason there is such a comprehensive list of articles ranging from breaking news scientific discoveries to articles on a supporting character that guest starred on one episode of your favorite show is because anyone can write an article. Before, the dawn of the internet you had to be considered a professional to contribute to an encyclopedia. Now, anyone who has a passion about a topic can go online do their research and contribute to this amazing resource.