Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2010 Open Access

Global Street Papers and Homeless [Counter] publics: Rethinking the Technologies of Community Publishing

Erin Anderson

Abstract

This article argues that community publishing initiatives might extend the scope and impact of their work by critically examining the ways in which technology influences the production and circulation of their [counter]public discourse. Building upon the work of Paula Mathieu, the author analyzes the material and discursive complexities of the “street paper” movement as a site of community-based publishing, finding both limitations and potential in the survival-driven, print-based, and hyperlocal character of street paper media. Discussing an emerging digital platform for participatory blogging among homeless and low-income street paper vendors, the author suggests how a model of Web-based, multimodal, and interactive communication might work to extend the community literacy practices of the street paper movement.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2010-09-01
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10.59236/rjv10i1pp76-103
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discourse analysis digital rhetoric multimodality literacy studies public rhetoric community literacy
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