As explained in the previous post, digital rhetoric can be a complex term that is hard to understand practically. For examples of what exactly digital rhetoric can mean and is, one needs to go no further than YouTube.

In this TedTalk, the speaker explains what memes are and how they are a form of digital rhetoric. This video shows a real life example of what distinguished digital rhetoric from traditional rhetoric; traditional rhetoric would not include memes, but the digital rhetoric umbrella does. It shows that digital rhetoric can be broad and all encompassing. Even something as non-serious as a meme can be considered a form of digital rhetoric because it is still a form of communication.

This video also explains the far reaching umbrella that is digital rhetoric and its progressive nature. The creator of the video includes things like chisels and quilts as previous forms of digital rhetoric. This showcases the forever changing nature of the term. Digital rhetoric cam be applied to whatever technology is being used to communicate at the time. As the author explains, this means that one day our current forms of digital rhetoric will be outdated eventually. As a whole, this video does a good job showing the history and inclusiveness of the term.

Lastly, this video showcases how the term of digital rhetoric is very much “a moving target,” meaning there is no single precise definition. It can be defined as different things by different people. The perspectives of the people in the video are varied and wide ranging. Some think of it as just as passing form of the constant term rhetoric, meaning rhetoric inherently includes whatever medium is currently in favor. Others see it as a very specific definition that is only focused on text on the digital space. The overall point being that digital rhetoric is an evolving term that is still being defined.