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Multimodality and Digital Subjectivity at the Convergence
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 âdigital subjectivity.â 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  āļāļāļāļąāļāļĒāđāļ āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāđāļāļīāļāļāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļāļĩ āļŦāļĢāļ·āļāđāļāļ§āļāļīāļāļāđāļēāļāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāļāļĩāđāļāļŠāļĄāļāļŠāļēāļāļĢāļđāļāđāļāļāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāļĢāļđāļāđāļāļ āļŠāļēāļĄāļēāļĢāļāļāļģāļĄāļēāļāļĢāļ°āļĒāļļāļāļāđāđāļāđāđāļāļāļēāļĢāļĻāļķāļāļĐāļēāļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļāļāļĄāļāļļāļĐāļĒāđāļāļĩāđāļāļĒāļđāđāđāļāļāļāļāđāļāļāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨ āļŦāļĢāļ·āļāļāļĩāđāđāļĢāļēāļŠāļēāļĄāļēāļĢāļāđāļĢāļĩāļĒāļāļ§āđāļē âāļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨâ āļāļāļāļ§āļēāļĄāļāļĩāđāđāļāđāļāļāļēāļĢāļāļāļāļ§āļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļāļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļāļĩāđāđāļāļĩāđāļĒāļ§āļāđāļāļāļāļąāļāđāļāļ§āļāļīāļāļāļąāđāļāļŠāļāļāđāļāļ·āđāļāļĻāļķāļāļĐāļēāļāļ§āļēāļĄāļŠāļąāļĄāļāļąāļāļāđāļĢāļ°āļŦāļ§āđāļēāļāļŠāļāļāđāļāļ§āļāļīāļāļāļĩāđ āđāļāđāļēāļŦāļĄāļēāļĒāļāļāļāļāļēāļĢāļāļāļāļ§āļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļāļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļāļ·āļāđāļāļ·āđāļāļāļģāļāļ§āļēāļĄāđāļāđāļēāđāļāļ§āđāļēāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāđāļāļīāļāļāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļāļĩāļāļ°āļĄāļĩāļāļīāļāļāļīāļāļĨāļāđāļāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļĢāđāļēāļāļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļāļāļĄāļāļļāļĐāļĒāđāđāļāļāļĢāļīāļāļāļāļāļāđāļāļāđāļāđāļĨāļĒāļĩāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨāđāļāđāļāļĒāđāļēāļāđāļĢ āđāļāļĒāļĄāļļāđāļāļāļāļāļāļģāļāļēāļĄāđāļāļŠāļēāļĄāļāļĢāļ°āđāļāđāļ āļāļ·āļ 1) āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāđāļāļīāļāļāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļāļĩāļĄāļĩāļāļāļāļēāļāđāļāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļĢāđāļēāļāļŠāļĢāđāļēāļāļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨāđāļāļŠāļīāđāļāđāļ§āļāļĨāđāļāļĄāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨāļāļĒāđāļēāļāđāļĢ  2) āđāļāļ§āļāļīāļāļāļāļāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāđāļāļīāļāļāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļāļĩāđāļĨāļ°āļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨāļĢāļ§āļĄāļāļķāļāļāļēāļāļ§āļīāļāļąāļĒāļāļĩāđāđāļāļĩāđāļĒāļ§āļāđāļāļāļĄāļĩāļāļļāļāļĢāđāļ§āļĄāļāļąāļāļāļĒāđāļēāļāđāļĢāļāđāļēāļ āđāļĨāļ° 3) āļāļēāļāļāļēāļĢāļāļāļāļ§āļāļ§āļĢāļĢāļāļāļĢāļĢāļĄāļāļāļāđāļāļāļ§āđāļēāļāđāļāļāļēāļĢāļ§āļīāļāļąāļĒāđāļāļāđāļēāļāļŦāļĢāļ·āļāđāļĄāđ āļāļģāļāļāļāļāļĩāđāđāļāđāļāļēāļāļāļģāļāļēāļĄāđāļŦāļĨāđāļēāļāļĩāđāļŠāļēāļĄāļēāļĢāļāļāļģāđāļāļŠāļđāđāļāļēāļĢāļ§āļīāļāļąāļĒāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄāđāļāļāđāļēāļāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāđāļāļīāļāļāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļāļĩāđāļĨāļ°āļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨāđāļĨāļ°āļāđāļēāļāļāļ·āđāļāđ āļāļĩāđāđāļāļĩāđāļĒāļ§āļāđāļāļāļāđāļāđāļ āļāļģāļŠāļģāļāļąāļ: āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāđāļāļīāļāļāļŦāļļāļ§āļīāļāļĩ āļāļąāļāļ§āļīāļŠāļąāļĒāļāļīāļāļīāļāļąāļĨ āļāļēāļĢāļŠāļ·āđāļāļŠāļēāļĢāļāļīāļāļīāļāļą
Digital Rhetoric of Cosmopolitanism: A Case Study of Thai Students at Michigan Technological University
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 participantsâ 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