Media 1:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My first media is an image that I came across in my Twitter feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this media is an image. The original source of the media was created and/or shared on the Blue Willow Bookshop Twitter page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• I came across this image while scrolling through Twitter. It was shared by a bookstore in Houston that I follow because they have some pretty good events that I want to keep track of.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to remind people of the upcoming event, TeenBookCon.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to click on the read the information to see if there were any changes.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and read the content carefully. I then liked and retweeted.

If your engagement was active, provide the rhetorical situation for the media (1 per week)

• Purpose: The purpose of this media was to provide its audience with a reminder of the upcoming event.
• Audience: The intended audience was anyone interested in the TeenBookCon event that is happening March 30th.
• Genre: The medium used was Twitter, and the genre used was an image.
• Context: This was being shared and discussed  by anyone following the Blue Willow Bookshop Twitter page or those who are friends with users who share the image.
• Exigence: This media focused on a creating awareness of the major event for March.
• Subject: The subject of this media was an author signing even that is happening March 30th.

Media 2:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My second media is a meme that I came across in my Twitter feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this a meme. The original source of the media was created and/or shared on the Writing & Editing Twitter page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This media appeared on my Twitter feed. It was shared on a writing/editing Twitter account I follow.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to entertain, to make people laugh, to make it relateable,  and to share the struggles of writing a novel.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to take a closer look at it and read all of the information on it.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and took a close look at the image, and then I retweeted it.

Media 3:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My third media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre is a video. The original source of the media was created and/or shared by the VTRND Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video was shared by Edwin on Facebook.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show some neat folding tricks.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the whole video and see it it was easy enough for me to incorporate into my everyday life.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the whole video. I was interested in seeing if I could learn something from it. I don’t think I did, but it was still cool to watch.

Media 4:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My fourth media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this is a video. The original source of the video was created and shared on the Laurie Wetzel Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• I came across this video while scrolling through my Facebook feed. It was uploaded on an author page that I follow.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show the display the author was having Planet Comic Con of her books and other goodies.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video. I wanted to see what all was being displayed. I kind of wanted to know how an author table is set up, so I stuck around to watch it all.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the full video. I then read the description to see where the author was having the event. She mentioned it at the beginning but I missed it and didn’t want to have to go back.

Media 5:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My fifth media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this a video. The original source of the video was created and/or shared on the Skyler’s Inflatables LLC Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video was shared by Kery on Facebook.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to display a fun inflatable game that Skyler’s Inflatables LLC is doing a giveaway rental for.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video and see what was going on.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the full video. I then read the comments and also the details of the giveaway. I was not interested in entering but simply wanted to know if the giveaway for current or if it was a past giveaway.