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In Carolyn Handa's excerpts from Multimediated Rhetoric, she draws attention to the way the digital landscape of the modern age is used as a rhetorical tool. Handa argues that it is not only the content that can be found online that should be analyzed, but also the stylistic details of how information is presented online.
Any layperson can tell the difference between, say, Facebook, with it's color and personalization, and a more stark website like Wikipedia.
Handa also discusses how certain websites use rhetorical theories like Kairos and ethos, pathos, and logos in all aspects of their design, creating something tangible.
 In a similar fashion, Killingsworth discusses in 'place' how a website functions as a physical place, that can be visited and revisited. In a way, a digital 'place' can become a utopia, as it can be rendered to a point of virtual rhetorical perfection that is impossible for a physical place to obtain.
While we were working on our Sci/Tech blogs, we discussed how the layout and design might need to be changed in order to appeal to our audience. In a larger sense, how might other online platforms need to be changed to appeal to specific rhetorical needs?