{"id":35,"date":"2026-02-10T18:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:14:15","slug":"tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-509d7eb9 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a699d0c9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-33ccc8b1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">1. Meta-Language for Multimodal Analysis <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\">Bateman explains that educators and analysts need &#8220;meta-languages that offer leaners general tools&#8221; for describing media and meaning making <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\">This tool provides a shared vocabulary for analyzing text, images, layout, sound, and other expressive forms in digital media <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-610018db wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OIP.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OIP.webp 474w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OIP-300x157.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evaluation of the Tool <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengths:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Works across many media types <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps describe multimodal communication clearly <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports teaching digital literacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limitations:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bateman warns that some meta-languages lack strong empirical validation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can become too rigid if it assumes fixed meanings for features <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judgement: DH, COMM, or Both?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Both <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communications Studies uses it to analyze media messages and multimodal communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Huminites uses it to study digital texts, interfaces, and multimodal digital artifacts <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bateman&#8217;s article shows that multimodality and literacy analysis are shared concern across both fields  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evaluation of the Tool Strengths: Limitations: Judgement: DH, COMM, or Both?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/DietCoke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}