Blog Post #1 on topic interests
Possible research question that I have: Can the analysis of nonverbal components in gifs provide insights into the development of new visual languages and forms of communication in the digital age? Another topic I think I could look into is how memes are increasingly being used to communicate nonverbally and how that translates to professional writing in terms of communication between professional colleagues. Another topic could be surrounding how often generation Z uses memes/gifs to communicate and what that could mean for future professional writing circles. Or, what it means for current professional writing careers where there are likely a mix of different generations where there is disparity between how those different generations use and understand memes. A last topic idea I had in mind would be why there are differences, nonverbally speaking, between memes and gifs and what implications that has for professional settings currently and/or in the future.