{"593499":{"#nid":"593499","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Writing for Wider Audiences: Structural Challenges for Scholars","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication,\u0026nbsp;was mentioned in an article in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EInside Higher Ed\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Writing for Wider Audiences: Structural Challenges for Scholars\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When it comes to writing for wider audiences, what are the key challenges that scholars face? In these pages,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2017\/06\/07\/difficulties-scholars-have-writing-broad-audience-essay\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChristopher Schaberg and Ian Bogost recently listed 10,\u003C\/a\u003Eranging from academics\u0026rsquo; lack of knowledge of the publishing world to their seemingly \u0026ldquo;jerky\u0026rdquo; attitudes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Schaberg and Bogost recognize that writing for nonacademic audiences \u0026ldquo;isn\u0026rsquo;t for everyone.\u0026rdquo; Our ongoing research on the perceptions and activities of U.S. faculty highlights that, in reality, these activities are for hardly\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eanyone\u003C\/em\u003E. In order to address the challenges for scholars in writing for broader audiences, we must first recognize and contend with the major structural barriers that prevent scholars from doing so.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2017\/07\/11\/scholars-face-structural-challenges-writing-wider-audiences-essay\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-07-13 14:16:07","changed_gmt":"2017-08-24 15:01:29","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"krystina madej","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2017\/07\/11\/scholars-face-structural-challenges-writing-wider-audiences-essay","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594940":{"id":"594940","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1503584868","gmt_created":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","changed":"1503584868","gmt_changed":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226734","name":"Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66318,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg?itok=gSmYnzGU"}}},"media_ids":["594940"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"46681","name":"Creative writing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}