Journal #3- Mia Batansky

I think that writing, technology, and circulation are all intertwined. I believe that writing uses technology which helps promote circulation. Without technology I think circulation would be a lot more difficult to achieve. As time goes on, technology is becoming more and more advanced. With the help of technology, writing is able to get to people faster and more efficiently. Before technology was a thing, it was only writing and circulation. For example, in the article “Letter Writing and the 1980s Women’s Peace Movement” by Margaretta Jolly, she talks about how women used writing letters in order to circulate their words, ideas, and plans. They used it as a way to help their political plans advanced and as a way to communicate with one another. Another way they used writing to help create circulation was writing letters to help increase press. As time went on, technology advanced and circulation was able to increase. In the article “(Re)Tweeting in the service of protest: Digital composition and circulation in the Occupy Wall Street movement” by Joel Penney and Caroline Dadas, they talk about how technology was used during the Occupy Wall Street movement that occurred in 2011. Many people involved in the movement were able to create a hashtag on twitter that helped the others keep up with their movements and ideas. Because of technology being used, they were able to circulate their words amongst millions of people. Both examples show just how much writing and circulation change when technology is advanced.  Also, writing, technology, and circulation were shown in both examples even though they were in different time periods, and used for different things, one for a movement and other for a protest.  As technology becomes more and more advanced, circulation will increase. Because of technology today, for example, Facebook or even Instagram, people are able to express themselves in front of millions of people. With social media being prevalent today, people are able to publish their work whenever they want to whoever they want. I think that without technology, the circulation of writing would not be as strong as it today.