Computers and Composition
1997 Volume 14, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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A class of clowns: Spontaneous joking in computer-assisted discussions
Christopher Holcomb
This essay examines the formal characteristics of joking in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Drawing upon the work of humor theorists and conversation analysts, the author examines student... More
pp. 3-18
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HyperRhetoric: Multimedia, literacy, and the future of composition
Gary Heba
In an age when children are learning to point and click with a mouse at the same time that they are learning how to hold a pencil to write the alphabet, it is clear that literacy today involves... More
pp. 19-44
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Beyond word processing: Networked computers in ESL writing classes
George Braine
Networks were introduced to English as a second language (ESL) classes only recently. Hence, to date, only a few empirical studies have investigated effects of networked computers on ESL student... More
pp. 45-58
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Student views of computer-composition effects on writing
Danica Hubbard & Herbert J. Walberg
The purpose of this study is to identify student ideas about the effect of computers on writing. Neural network analysis was employed to analyze 30 essays on this topic by community college... More
pp. 59-71
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Narratives of self in networked communications
Patricia R. Webb
Although theorists have claimed that network technologies challenge traditional concepts of self and writing, many fail to point out that these revolutionary potentials are not intrinsic to the... More
pp. 73-90
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Analyzing the amalgamated electronic text: Bringing cognitive, social, and contextual factors of individual language users into CMC research
Michael F. Johanyak
Claims that participants in computer-mediated “chat” (CMC) produce a kind of hybrid text seem technologically deterministic because of their inference toward technology as inevitably leading to the... More
pp. 91-110
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Bridging amnesia with multimedia
Michael J. Salvo
pp. 111-136