In “Economic Capital Versus Social and Cultural Capital,” I discuss how the print culture’s ties to economic capital limit the kinds of social and cultural capital it can construct. Digital writing, by making visible the ecological nature of writing, defeats the notion of the lone, male author who deserves to reap the financial benefits of his property, his writing. I close this section, by arguing against the idea that digital mediums, by their nature, automatically mean a turn away from values like financial gain. Scroll down to leave your thoughts, or continue to Part III.
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What kinds of social and cultural capital have you noticed digital texts produce? Can you offer any specific examples from your experiences? How does distribution of the texts influence your examples? How does the writer versus the medium affect the kinds of social and cultural capital produced by different texts? What about your own writing? How do your experiences as a writer support or challenge the claims I make?