Relationship between print and digital media

Print and Digital Media both influence our everyday lives each and everyday. First, print media has had a major impact in my life as I grew up with print media as opposed to digital media in comparison to the kids of todays age. I grew up playing with coloring books, reading books out of textbooks, reading paper magazines, taking notes on lined paper, reading the paper form of the newspaper, writing to-do lists, and so much more. As a result of growing up writing with pens and paper and reading hard copies of books and having math textbook problems infront of me in a textbook to work out, I am more used to this lifestyle than the modern digital media of todays world. Kids growing up with smart phones, reading newspapers and blogs and magazines online, making notes in their phones, reading books on kindles and the ipad, having facebooks, instagrams, and twitters, are more exposed to technology than I am used to. I grew up with a flip phone that you would rarely see a kid with today, and doing math problems from a textbook. One thing that has surprised me in college is how I do my math quizzes online and homework. I do not like this feature of the digital media because I am used to being able to workout the problems from a textbook infront of me and having as much time to complete the math homework, rather than being timed online. Another factor that I feel like has changed in everyday life is letter writing and thank you note writing. With this new sense of digital media and digital technology letter writing and thank you note writing I begin to see is gradually decreasing because of texting, email writing, phone calling, and so much more. I think as a result of this digital media is starting to replace print media. Also, this means so much for everyday writing because we see everyday writing is becoming less personal through the everyday writing. It becomes less personal because when letters and thank you notes are not handwritten, then it lacks a characteristic of everyday writing. Audience is also a little eluded to because things can not be sloppy when they are typed, for example, if you were writing a letter it could be in cursive or regular text. Another idea to focus on is newspapers. Newspapers have seen a decline ever since they have become more popular online. I even have seen my parents become interested in these new innovations. My dad quit ordering the newspaper to our house and now reads it online. In comparison, print and digital media have both had an impact on everyones lives. They both share the characteristics of getting information across to others, thinking of the audience. Another way the digital media thinks of audience is because everyone is so into technology these days that people are beginning to follow the chain of patterns and make more digital media easier to access and cheaper through smart phones. This is a very interesting topic to explore that has interested me ever since the first project we have done when I wrote about thank you notes.
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Vernacular vs everyday

Vernacular relates to the common language people use on a daily basis. Vernacular is more in conjunction with discourse community in that they speak in a certain way that relates to where they live and how they interact. Everyday writing is more of a way to write not based on words used to interact. Everyday writing is more based on why and how you write. They are similar in that certain vernacular can but used in everyday writing depending on the audience and who the rhetoric is writing for. Tombstones are more of a vernacular because it's not everyday that someone dies. The words used on tombstones are specific for the time being and related to the person buried there. 

Vernacular V. Everyday 10/13 - Suzann Slaunwhite

Vernacular writing focuses on the colloquial language of everyday. Its used in a more casual setting and private. Vernacular writing changes on who the audience is and the purpose. Regions help determine vernacular writing and so does the closeness of a relationship. Everyday writing is like an umbrella term and vernacular writing falls under it. Everyday writing can be formal or informal, so vernacular writing is limited to the informal. Everyday writing is used in so many mediums and I believe tombstones are one of them. Tombstones are final words in use to remember someone, like a final ode. I believe some tombstones can be vernacular if they have phrases that are specific to that person or that family. However, most of the time it is formal and polite and something sweet to give a final farewell to that person. I believe it is everyday writing because it gives a message to someone and an audience that particularly relates to that one family. My grandpas tombstone says "Sail On" and it is personal to him and my family because he was sailboat captain and racer. Whereas vernacular can be slang or just different language and everyday writing can be a myriad of sources. I believe my grandpas tombstone is formal and appropriate, but it still has that little part that represents himself and connects us to him through his memories and life. Some people wouldn't get it, but everyone would be able to appreciate it. It is almost difficult to differentiate the two because they are similar, but I do believe vernacular is a form of everyday writing. Tombstones are definitely in between the two because it has aspects of both. They can be general and formal, but also just meant for a families comfort.

Everyday writing has been established as to what it means throughout the course. Everyday writing can be defined as a rhetorical situation that the writer uses to speak to an audience about a specific situation. Everyday writing takes on many different genres, such as tattoos, zines, scrapbooks, or letters. People use everyday writing for personal reasons, to organize and visualize a situation that they want to share, and for connecting instances together. In a way, vernacular writing is a form of everyday writing. The definition of vernacular writing describes it as the use of ordinary speech as the language rather than formal writing. It also pertains to the use of common language that is associated with a specific group, time, or place. Vernacular and everyday writing are connected in a sense. They are both forms of communicating with a group or an individual person about a topic, however vernacular is more informal in nature. Vernacular is used to describe everyday activities, traditions, or situations in a way that everybody will understand. A tombstone commemorates a person who has passed away. It is a way for the living to remember the life of the deceased and to illustrate the past. Tombstones are a form of vernacular because they create a picture of the way things were in the past by using a common language that the majority of people would understand. The grave marker uses dates, a name and a symbol to help construct a time period that the dead were a part of. The have the ability of painting a story through the common elements of the vernacular speech.

Vernacular vs Everyday Writing and Tombstones

            Vernacular writing is very distinct and specific to a community. It is what makes up daily conversations and even slang that may exist in a community. Outsiders may not understand the vernacular language and may be excluded from certain parts of vernacular writing in a community. Vernacular writing may not have an important purpose and may just be the language spoken in conversation but can also be important as well. Everyday writing, however, is more general and accessible by more individuals. It can be easily understood and does not discriminate from people in a specific community.  Everyday writing is influenced by a need for change, or exigency, and is carried out by an audience who actually makes the change that a rhetor wanted. Vernacular and everyday writing both have an important role in the lives of people because they both make up how we communicate. They both work to help people prove a point or have a conversation.

Vernacular writing and everyday writing both have audiences that are needed for the writing to be effective. Tombstones have the characteristics of vernacular writing. They are specific to a certain community in format, design, and language actually used on the tombstone. The way a community wants a person to be represented after death says a lot about the culture and practices of a certain society and may mean something different in another community where the practices differ and different wording on tombstones mean different things. Every culture has a different way of writing the text on the tombstone and how they are presented, therefore making it distinct for a certain community and more like vernacular writing than everyday writing. 

Everyday vs. Verncaular Writing

The definition of vernacular is using the language of ordinary speech rather than formal writing. Everyday writing applies to this as well, but can also sometimes be considered formal. Such as a letter, a letter can be formally formatted but also written casually. A type of writing that is vernacular would have a more dialect language to the region or place it is written in. Everyday writing does sometimes have slang in it but it is mostly written in a regular style language without dialect. Both share the common characteristic that they are used to connect with people and have a similar audience. For example, you wouldn’t use vernacular writing if you were to write a letter to the president nor would you be using a form of everyday writing. Similarly, they both require an exigence or reason for writing. The writer has a purpose for what they are writing whether it is vernacular writing or everyday writing. With this in mind, I would consider tombstones to be under the category of everyday writing because dialect is not usually written on tombstones. Tombstones involve a brief few words used to remember the person. This would be everyday writing because the words would not be in dialect language but a in a more formal style.

Vernacular vs. Everyday writing

Vernacular writing is different from everyday writing because of the casualness of vernacular writing. It is what people say behind closed doors, and includes slang or vulgar language just depending on the person. It is based off a group of people and their understanding for each other. Yet everyday writing you can also use slang or whatever types of words but it is more for yourself. It is something that you personally need to write about. Vernacular writing relates to tombstones more than everyday writing does. On a grave it doesn’t tell a lot about a person except for a few words that represent them. These words can be interpreted by the people who knew that person. This makes each gravestone unique because it is based on personality. The other good thing is that you don’t know a persons life story based on their gravestone but you can get a pretty good idea of who they were based on the inscription. This is a deeper meaning on it. Instead of having everyday writing on it, which would be more like a general every day type of thing. People would rather be remembered by one word or moment and remember the good times, then have a whole life story posted on there. Plus the people that care about you will care about visiting you, so it wouldn’t even matter what was on your gravestone. 

Vernacular V. Everyday

Vernacular is the language one learns from birth that is spoken by people of the same community and region. Everyday language and writing is just frequent writing that serves a purpose, has an audience, and contains an exigence and can be both formal and informal depending on who it is for. Vernacular isn’t learned and doesn’t have to shape to fit other people’s needs just simply your own. Vernacular and everyday writing are however connected in terms of audience and type of language that is used. Both are directed at people you know or know about and give a sense of personal connection just by what is said in either words spoken or words written. The type of language in vernacular is usually informal, but everyday writing can also be the same. The informality of them both adds to the personal language that is interpreted by the audience. Only the audience and the writer will be able to communicate through the words spoken in their vernacular, which is also one of the main ideas of everyday writing. Tombstones, in my opinion, are more everyday writing than vernacular because they are more formal and are written to speak to the families of the ones who have passed away instead of the person who died. You wouldn’t see a lot of slang or vernacular kinds of phrases on tombstones that you’d use in conversations with friends.