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    Multimodality and Digital Subjectivity at the Convergence

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    Abstract Multimodality, the idea of communication in multiple modes, can be applied to examine human subjectivity in the digital realm, or what we can call “digital subjectivity.” This article provides a literature review of these two topics to explore the relationship between them. The goal of this review is to understand how multimodality can influence the formation of human subjectivity in the context of digital communication technologies. Specifically, the article aims to answer three questions: 1) How can multimodality play a role in the construction of digital subjectivity in digital environments?  2) What are overlapping areas of concepts and studies on multimodality and digital subjectivity?  and 3) What might be gaps of studies found in this literature review?  The answers to these questions can fruitfully lead to further research in these areas and other related fields. Keywords: Multimodality, Digital subjectivity, Digital communication   āļšāļ—āļ„āļąāļ”āļĒāđˆāļ­ āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāđ€āļŠāļīāļ‡āļžāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩ āļŦāļĢāļ·āļ­āđāļ™āļ§āļ„āļīāļ”āļ”āđ‰āļēāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāļŠāļĄāļœāļŠāļēāļ™āļĢāļđāļ›āđāļšāļšāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāļĢāļđāļ›āđāļšāļš āļŠāļēāļĄāļēāļĢāļ–āļ™āļģāļĄāļēāļ›āļĢāļ°āļĒāļļāļāļ•āđŒāđƒāļŠāđ‰āđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļĻāļķāļāļĐāļēāļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļĄāļ™āļļāļĐāļĒāđŒāļ—āļĩāđˆāļ­āļĒāļđāđˆāđƒāļ™āļ‚āļ­āļšāđ€āļ‚āļ•āļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨ āļŦāļĢāļ·āļ­āļ—āļĩāđˆāđ€āļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļĄāļēāļĢāļ–āđ€āļĢāļĩāļĒāļāļ§āđˆāļē “āļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨ” āļšāļ—āļ„āļ§āļēāļĄāļ™āļĩāđ‰āđ€āļ›āđ‡āļ™āļāļēāļĢāļ—āļšāļ—āļ§āļ™āļ§āļĢāļĢāļ“āļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļ—āļĩāđˆāđ€āļāļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§āļ‚āđ‰āļ­āļ‡āļāļąāļšāđāļ™āļ§āļ„āļīāļ”āļ—āļąāđ‰āļ‡āļŠāļ­āļ‡āđ€āļžāļ·āđˆāļ­āļĻāļķāļāļĐāļēāļ„āļ§āļēāļĄāļŠāļąāļĄāļžāļąāļ™āļ˜āđŒāļĢāļ°āļŦāļ§āđˆāļēāļ‡āļŠāļ­āļ‡āđāļ™āļ§āļ„āļīāļ”āļ™āļĩāđ‰ āđ€āļ›āđ‰āļēāļŦāļĄāļēāļĒāļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļāļēāļĢāļ—āļšāļ—āļ§āļ™āļ§āļĢāļĢāļ“āļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļ„āļ·āļ­āđ€āļžāļ·āđˆāļ­āļ—āļģāļ„āļ§āļēāļĄāđ€āļ‚āđ‰āļēāđƒāļˆāļ§āđˆāļēāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāđ€āļŠāļīāļ‡āļžāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩāļˆāļ°āļĄāļĩāļ­āļīāļ—āļ˜āļīāļžāļĨāļ•āđˆāļ­āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļĢāđ‰āļēāļ‡āļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļĄāļ™āļļāļĐāļĒāđŒāđƒāļ™āļšāļĢāļīāļšāļ—āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āđ€āļ—āļ„āđ‚āļ™āđ‚āļĨāļĒāļĩāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨāđ„āļ”āđ‰āļ­āļĒāđˆāļēāļ‡āđ„āļĢ āđ‚āļ”āļĒāļĄāļļāđˆāļ‡āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄāđƒāļ™āļŠāļēāļĄāļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™ āļ„āļ·āļ­ 1) āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāđ€āļŠāļīāļ‡āļžāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩāļĄāļĩāļšāļ—āļšāļēāļ—āđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļĢāđ‰āļēāļ‡āļŠāļĢāđ‰āļēāļ‡āļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨāđƒāļ™āļŠāļīāđˆāļ‡āđāļ§āļ”āļĨāđ‰āļ­āļĄāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨāļ­āļĒāđˆāļēāļ‡āđ„āļĢ  2) āđāļ™āļ§āļ„āļīāļ”āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāđ€āļŠāļīāļ‡āļžāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩāđāļĨāļ°āļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨāļĢāļ§āļĄāļ–āļķāļ‡āļ‡āļēāļ™āļ§āļīāļˆāļąāļĒāļ—āļĩāđˆāđ€āļāļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§āļ‚āđ‰āļ­āļ‡āļĄāļĩāļˆāļļāļ”āļĢāđˆāļ§āļĄāļāļąāļ™āļ­āļĒāđˆāļēāļ‡āđ„āļĢāļšāđ‰āļēāļ‡Â  āđāļĨāļ° 3) āļˆāļēāļāļāļēāļĢāļ—āļšāļ—āļ§āļ™āļ§āļĢāļĢāļ“āļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļžāļšāļŠāđˆāļ­āļ‡āļ§āđˆāļēāļ‡āđƒāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļ§āļīāļˆāļąāļĒāđƒāļ”āļšāđ‰āļēāļ‡āļŦāļĢāļ·āļ­āđ„āļĄāđˆÂ  āļ„āļģāļ•āļ­āļšāļ—āļĩāđˆāđ„āļ”āđ‰āļˆāļēāļāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄāđ€āļŦāļĨāđˆāļēāļ™āļĩāđ‰āļŠāļēāļĄāļēāļĢāļ–āļ™āļģāđ„āļ›āļŠāļđāđˆāļāļēāļĢāļ§āļīāļˆāļąāļĒāđ€āļžāļīāđˆāļĄāđ€āļ•āļīāļĄāđƒāļ™āļ”āđ‰āļēāļ™āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāđ€āļŠāļīāļ‡āļžāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩāđāļĨāļ°āļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨāđāļĨāļ°āļ”āđ‰āļēāļ™āļ­āļ·āđˆāļ™āđ† āļ—āļĩāđˆāđ€āļāļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§āļ‚āđ‰āļ­āļ‡āļ•āđˆāļ­āđ„āļ› āļ„āļģāļŠāļģāļ„āļąāļ: āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāđ€āļŠāļīāļ‡āļžāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩ  āļ­āļąāļ•āļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļąāļĨ  āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđˆāļ­āļŠāļēāļĢāļ”āļīāļˆāļīāļ—āļą

    Digital Rhetoric of Cosmopolitanism: A Case Study of Thai Students at Michigan Technological University

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    This dissertation lies at the intersection of social sciences and humanities. It aims to examine digital rhetoric of cosmopolitanism of people from a marginalized culture as situated in the context of a transnational experience. I view that this rhetoric encompasses digital practices of cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitan repertoire, a set of skills or strategies used in communication via social media in everyday life. I also argue that this rhetoric is connected to other elements in its broader social and cultural networks. To illustrate these ideas, a case study of Thai students at Michigan Technological University in the United States is conducted to investigate their digital practices as they engage with the Other on social media. The final goal of the study is to identify the strategies of digital practices that might be used to negotiate or resist power embedded in the digital environment. To reach this goal, this study proposes using the interdisciplinary approach as the methodology. The methodological framework of this project is designed by consolidating various perspectives from new cosmopolitanism and digital rhetoric with a postmodernist lens as a background. The highlight of this framework is an application of the cosmopolitan ontological framework and the ecological perspective to study digital practices on social media in the context of participants. Within this framework, several qualitative methods are employed for data collection and analysis, namely interviews, participant observations, online observations, and rhetorical analysis. Overall, digital technologies like social media play an important role in establishing and maintaining relationships with people from other cultures. In this context, participants perform their cosmopolitanism in various types of cosmopolitan relationships by relying on a number of digital practices. These practices can be synthesized to form a cosmopolitan repertoire comprising digital literacy skills, multimodal communication skills, language skills, critical thinking skills, rhetoric, and ethics. The rhetorical analysis reveals that participants’ digital practices of cosmopolitanism are influenced by power embedded in some perceived factors in their ecological boundaries. Participants also rest on cosmopolitan repertoire in their negotiation of power. In its contributions, apart from some theoretical and pedagogical implications, this project also helps to shape the idea of digital rhetoric of cosmopolitanism by proposing a definition and a model to explain its ontological dimension. These contributions can lead to more understanding of digital rhetoric of cosmopolitanism and call for further study in this scholarship in the future
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