{"title":"Incorporating direct quotations in videos for academic purposes: An exploratory study","authors":"Xiao Tan , Wei Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102852","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores how direct quotations are incorporated into video essays through multimodal resources, with the hope of contributing to the growing body of research that examines the rhetorical and discourse features unique to the emerging multimodal genres in academic communication. Fifty-two cases of multimodal quotations were collected from 15 video essays published in a peer-reviewed online journal. The inductive analysis yielded three types of incorporating direct quotations–(semi)isolated, transplanted, and integrated quotations–that vary in terms of how closely the quoted materials are connected to the co-texts through explicit use of linguistic cues. The findings also highlight the varied ways in which quoted authors are made visible,shedding light on the rhetorical intentions behind the use and configuration of multimodal quotations. This study generates valuable insights into how new conventions are being formed and practiced in a digital genre and provides pedagogical implications for approaching explicit intertextuality in teaching multimodal writing tasks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 102852"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Computers and Composition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461524000288","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study explores how direct quotations are incorporated into video essays through multimodal resources, with the hope of contributing to the growing body of research that examines the rhetorical and discourse features unique to the emerging multimodal genres in academic communication. Fifty-two cases of multimodal quotations were collected from 15 video essays published in a peer-reviewed online journal. The inductive analysis yielded three types of incorporating direct quotations–(semi)isolated, transplanted, and integrated quotations–that vary in terms of how closely the quoted materials are connected to the co-texts through explicit use of linguistic cues. The findings also highlight the varied ways in which quoted authors are made visible,shedding light on the rhetorical intentions behind the use and configuration of multimodal quotations. This study generates valuable insights into how new conventions are being formed and practiced in a digital genre and provides pedagogical implications for approaching explicit intertextuality in teaching multimodal writing tasks.
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Computers and Composition: An International Journal is devoted to exploring the use of computers in writing classes, writing programs, and writing research. It provides a forum for discussing issues connected with writing and computer use. It also offers information about integrating computers into writing programs on the basis of sound theoretical and pedagogical decisions, and empirical evidence. It welcomes articles, reviews, and letters to the Editors that may be of interest to readers, including descriptions of computer-aided writing and/or reading instruction, discussions of topics related to computer use of software development; explorations of controversial ethical, legal, or social issues related to the use of computers in writing programs.