Is Everyone an Author?

Many people think of social media as nothing more than a way to connect with friends on the internet. What they don’t realize is that posting anywhere on the internet makes them an author. The two main criteria for being an author stated in Everyone’s an Author  by Lunsford, Ede, Moss, Pappers, and Walters are: the message, written or visual, should be available to a large amount of people of any background, and that it has been published in some way. Internet use fulfills both of these. Again, whenever you post something, it has been published, and has been made accessible to anyone who can walk to a public library. Thanks to modern technology, schools and libraries, anyone can be an author.

                Aside from social media, texting, school assignments and re-searching information on the web all contribute to the makings of an author. A text, first of all, is a published message that can be forwarded to many people. School assignments, posted to a blog or presented in class, go out to a wide array of people. Researching, last of all, is something we all do on a daily basis. From finding information for a history paper or sending a text to a friend of the number to Westside Pizza all contribute or constitute published ideas shared to extensive groups of people.

                In conclusion, since we live in such a high-tech community where school work, conversation, and communication all have the potential to be published to big and diverse audiences, everyone is an author.