Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network

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Digital Detroit RHETORIC AND SPACE IN THE AGE OF THE NETWORK Detroit Digital J E F F RI C E Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville Copyright © 2012 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Previous versions of portions of this book were published in the following articles: “Building Interfaces: The Maccabees ,” Pre/Text 20 (July 2009); “Woodward Paths: Motorizing Space,” Technical Communication Quarterly 18.3 (July 2009), 224–41; “Urban Mapping: A Rhetoric of the Network,” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 38.2 (March 2008), copyright © 2008; “Networked Exchanges, Identity, Writing ,” Journal of Business and Technical Communication 23.3 (July 2009), 294–317 (final, definitive version; Sage Publications , Inc., http://online.sagepub.com; all rights reserved); and “Folksono(me),” JAC 28 (August 2008), 181–208. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rice, Jeff, 1969– Digital Detroit : rhetoric and space in the age of the network / Jeff Rice. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3087-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3087-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3088-1 (ebook) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3088-1 (ebook) 1. Mass media—Philosophy. 2. Digital communications— Philosophy. 3. Rhetoric—Philosophy. 4. Rhetoric— Michigan—Detroit. I. Title. P91.3.R523 2012 302.2309774'34—dc23 2011022745 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To Jenny To Vered To Judah You are my network. ...