Three Frameworks and a Pedagogical Approach: Teaching Video Arguments in First-Year Composition

Abstract: "Three Frameworks and a Pedagogical Approach: Teaching Video Arguments in First-Year Composition" is an article by Timothy J. Briggs in which he explores and explains the different means that can be used to successfully make an argument through the use of video. Briggs discusses three key frameworks when creating an argument through video and explains how these frameworks can be used to teach students through the use of video. In addition, he discusses the ways in which students can use these techniques to further explore topics and make arguments of their own through video.
Key Concepts: The key concepts behind Briggs' are the use of remediation, multimodal composition, and rhetorical appeal. "Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin (1999) defined remediation as “the representation of one medium in another medium” (p. 45). They argued that newer media can remediate older media (e.g. the Web borrows features from print newspaper), and that older media can also remediate newer media (e.g. television draws upon characteristics of the Web)." Essentially, Briggs discusses the importance of remediation in creating video arguments. For multimodal composition, Briggs explains that the use of still and moving images, animations, color, words, music, and sounds are each used as modes of communicating through video. Lastly, Briggs highlights the use of rhetoric appeal to argue through video. He explains, "Since rhetoric provides a valuable framework for the analysis and production of effective communication, an approach to teaching video arguments is strengthened by the inclusion of key rhetorical principles such as Aristotle’s rhetorical appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos." 
Examples: 
This video is an example of remediation because it using existing footage from the movie "The Shining" as well as voice over to lead viewers to believe that it is a family vacation film. In reality, the movie is a thriller film, but by remediating the trailer, the creator was able to make a different argument. 
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This video is an example of how multimodal composition can be used. The creator of this video uses still and moving images, text, sounds, and music to develop their argument/topic.
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This video further explains rhetorical appeal and how ethos, pathos, and logos can be used as different forms of appeal in generating sound arguments and connecting with audiences.
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Key Words:
Remediation
Multimodal Composition 
Rhetoric Appeal
Sources:
http://www2.bgsu.edu/departments/english/cconline/tbriggs/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDCEscm7_uM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmGixY-vxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKtQEnERhSY