{"title":"When generative artificial intelligence meets multimodal composition: Rethinking the composition process through an AI-assisted design project","authors":"Jialei Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) design technologies, including Adobe Firefly and DALL·E, into the teaching and learning of multimodal composition. Through focus group discussions and case studies, this paper demonstrates the potential of GenAI in reshaping the various stages of the composition process, including invention, designing, and revising. The findings reveal that GenAI technologies have the potential to enhance students’ multimodal composition practices and offer alternative solutions to the wicked problems encountered during the design process. Specifically, GenAI facilitates invention by offering design inspirations and enriches designing by expanding, removing, and editing the student-produced design contents. The students in this study also shared their critical stance on the revision process by modifying and iterating their designs after their uses of GenAI. Through showcasing both the opportunities and challenges of GenAI technologies, this paper contributes to the ongoing scholarly conversations on multimodal composition and pedagogy. Moreover, the paper offers implications for the future research and teaching of GenAI-assisted multimodal composition projects, with the aim of encouraging thoughtful integration of GenAI technologies to foster critical AI literacy among college composition students.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 102883"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multilingual English second language students’ voice in digital storytelling","authors":"Alexandra Krasova , Oksana Moroz","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102886","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital storytelling is a productive approach to engaging multilingual students in creative, expressive, and practical tasks to increase their English language development and meaningful thinking. Based on previous research, digital storytelling helps students stay motivated, expand their communication skills, and create narratives with multiple multimodal features (Robin, 2008; Reinders, 2011; Tecnam, 2012). This study expands on previous research by exploring voice in students’ digital storytelling to showcase their identities. A mixed-method study investigated whether the same author's voice could be differentiated among the raters. Therefore, 25 participants were recruited and asked to watch ten pairs of digital stories to evaluate linguistic and multimodal aspects of the stories and either attribute them or not to the same author. The study results indicated that the raters could distinguish between digital stories authored by the same multilingual ESL writer and those crafted by different writers, thus proving that multilingual ESL learners implement voice in their digital stories. The study also revealed that the raters relied on certain multimodal and linguistic features while making their decisions, therefore underlying the importance of developing those multimodal elements in multilingual classrooms. Finally, the study offers numerous activities that can be implemented in multilingual classrooms to develop ESL students’ voices and shape their identities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 102886"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simone Sessolo, Marisol Fila, Erin Murray, Mark Mills, Rebecca L. Matz, Holly Derry, Caitlin Hayward
{"title":"The Dissertation ECoach: Supporting graduate students as they transition to dissertation writing","authors":"Simone Sessolo, Marisol Fila, Erin Murray, Mark Mills, Rebecca L. Matz, Holly Derry, Caitlin Hayward","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transitioning from coursework to dissertation writing presents unique challenges for graduate students. To support students in this phase of their careers, we created the Dissertation ECoach, a digital tool that provides automated and personalized support and guidance to address individual challenges and promote effective writing habits. By engaging with the Dissertation ECoach, students receive weekly surveys and tailored messages that encourage their writing process. This article discusses the development history, functionality, and methods of the Dissertation ECoach, as well as the results of its implementation at the University of Michigan for the period 2020–2023. Data show that a high percentage of students find the Dissertation ECoach experience helpful, to the point that a subset of students decide to enroll in the experience repeatedly. The article concludes by highlighting the potential of the Dissertation ECoach to be adopted by other universities, offering automated, customized support for graduate students across disciplines. The article also introduces updates that have been implemented in 2023/2024.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 102884"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling the affective digital counterpublic: A rhetorical ecological analysis of the #JusticeForNaqib movement in Pakistan","authors":"Salma Kalim","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102885","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102885","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The paper traces the emergence of the #JusticeForNaqib digital counterpublic that arose in response to the tragic killing of a young man from an ethnically marginalized Pakistani community. Drawing upon a corpus of tweets spanning a year, I elucidate how the stickiness of the hashtag #JusticeForNaqib is shaped by the circulation of diverse emotions, affective encounters with other sticky hashtags, and contact with past histories of oppression and resistance within the Pashtun community. Through a rhetorical analysis of tweets containing the hashtag #JusticeForNaqib, I demonstrate how the affective counterpublic not only provided a collective space for grieving the loss of another young Pashtun man but also enabled activists to challenge prejudicial discourses portraying Pashtuns as terrorists and to mobilize support for offline protests by circulating calls to action and fostering a space to commemorate the social movement's achievements. The study advocates for a deeper understanding of the affective dimensions of the digital counterpublic, particularly in the context of marginalized communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 102885"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On rhetorical distortion: Examining mutated hashtags in pro-an(orexi)a communities","authors":"Fernando Sánchez , Katelyn Brunner","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102872","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102872","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In writing, rhetoric, and composition studies, researchers have examined hashtags through their collectivizing, signifying, and disrupting qualities. In this piece, we propose that hashtags can also be deployed in ways that are distortive, meaning that individuals and communities can rhetorically implement hashtags that may appear illegible to outsiders while still being meaningful to those within the group. Specifically, we carry this conversation through the context of hashtags deployed by members of the pro-anorexia (pro-ana) community/ies on the microblogging site Tumblr. While researchers in health and medical fields have found it useful to turn to studying aggregable hashtag data to make recommendations for working with at-risk populations such as these, problems can arise when these communities use distorted hashtags to avoid algorithmic detection/aggregation processes. To illustrate, collecting data from hashtags such as #anorexic may not yield useful information when members of this population might use tags such as #anar3cic to communicate with one another. Thus, we suggest that researchers of digital rhetorics and in rhetorics of health and medicine pay closer attention to the affordances of distortions, rather than dismissing them as irrelevant to larger narratives of clarity. We also end with ethical considerations that arise from focusing on the rhetorical distortions of at-risk populations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 102872"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141636670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from the Editor","authors":"Kristine L. Blair","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102873","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102873","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 102873"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141978178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum regarding missing Declaration of Competing Interest statement in previously published article","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102864","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102864","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 102864"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461524000410/pdfft?md5=b134acec86e09923de38327e20201f3a&pid=1-s2.0-S8755461524000410-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141978187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hossein Bozorgian , Maryam Kazemi , Kimia Deylami , Musa Nushi
{"title":"The impact of google-drive e-portfolio assessment on EFL learners’ attitudes and emotions","authors":"Hossein Bozorgian , Maryam Kazemi , Kimia Deylami , Musa Nushi","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102866","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores EFL graduate students’ attitudes toward and emotions about the teacher and peer feedback using a questionnaire and interviews. Throughout their advanced writing course, students were provided with feedback via Google Docs, which they then systematically arranged within their Google Drive-based e-portfolios. The interview findings confirmed that students had mixed attitudes and emotions toward e-portfolios. They expressed negativity toward the timing of peer feedback reception and its validity. However, they showed a positive attitude toward teacher feedback and the importance of maintaining the integrity of a Google Drive portfolio. Emotionally, the students felt frustrated due to feedback focus, anxious while providing feedback, confused by ambiguous comments by peers, and embarrassed by their errors. However, their confidence was bolstered by their adeptness with technology and the interactive functions of Google Docs served as a motivating factor. Additionally, the t-test results comparing pre-test and post-test questionnaires showed statistical significance, indicating that students improved their compositions’ content, organization, and language with the assistance of peer and teacher feedback. The study underscores the importance of integrating technology into writing instruction, considering students’ emotions and attitudes. Thus, ongoing efforts are vital to develop the technological skills of both teachers and students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 102866"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141486250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ChatGPT, the perfect virtual teaching assistant? Ideological bias in learner-chatbot interactions","authors":"Margo Van Poucke","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102871","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines ChatGPT's use of evaluative language and engagement strategies while addressing information-seeking queries. It assesses the chatbot's role as a virtual teaching assistant (VTA) across various educational settings. By employing Appraisal theory, the analysis contrasts responses generated by ChatGPT and those added by humans, focusing on the interactants’ attitude, deployment of interpersonal metaphors and evaluations of entities, revealing their views on Australian cultural practice. Two datasets were analysed: the first sample (15,909 words) was retrieved from the subreddit r/AskAnAustralian and the second (10,696 words) was obtained by prompting ChatGPT with the same questions. The findings show that, while human experts mainly opt for subjective explicit formulations to express personal viewpoints, the chatbot's preference goes out to incongruent ‘it is’-constructions to share pre-programmed perspectives, which may reflect ideological bias. Even though ChatGPT displays promising socio-communicative capabilities (SCs), its lack of contextual awareness, required to function cross-culturally as a VTA, may lead to considerable ethical issues. The study's novel contribution lies in the in-depth investigation of how the chatbot's SCs and lexicogrammatical selections may impact its role as a VTA, highlighting the need to develop students’ critical digital literacy skills while using AI learning tools.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 102871"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461524000471/pdfft?md5=dc30c9587d95ca1b01a5523ab82cfe56&pid=1-s2.0-S8755461524000471-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141486251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“What it is exactly that circulates”: Affective value, re/production, and rhetorical exchange","authors":"Kelin Loe","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Revising Marxist theories of circulation with affect theory, this article establishes a new model of rhetorical analysis that positions rhetorical exchange as a circulatory infrastructure of late capitalism. By measuring the value produced by rhetors and audiences in rhetorical exchange, we can see how the daily rhetorical activity of neoliberal subjects captures our behavior, positioning us a raw material for late capitalists. This new theory of rhetorical circulation is tested and revised by a qualitative study on the mundane communication of neoliberal subjects, in this case, the group chat of one fantasy football league. Fantasy football communication creates an ambient backdrop for its users, leading to quotidian rhetorical exchanges in clearly defined social networks. The study shows the contours of rhetorical exchange in one league's GroupMe chat. I found that, in exchange, subjects transform their investments into social and cultural capital (Bourdieu's capital forms). Ultimately, subjects can produce what I call affective capital, a uniquely neoliberal capital form. I find that the immense value of affective capital produced by league members in rhetorical exchange points to the reasons why neoliberal subjects repeatedly return to platforms that harvest our data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 102865"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141439289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}