Naming Conventions in the Field
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| - | '''Computers & Composition' | + | '''Computers & Composition''' is the name of the print-based journal that folks in digital writing studies (nee computers-and-composition studies) read. This journal began publishing in 1983. The history of the journal can be read here: http://computersandcomposition.candcblog.org/html/history.htm. For more journals in the field, see the Journals listing on the main page. |
| - | '''Computers & Writing''' is the name of the annual conference that digital writing studies scholars attend. Search for "Computers and Writing" and the year to get to the annual conference website. Recent | + | '''Computers & Writing''' is the name of the annual conference that digital writing studies scholars attend. Search for "Computers and Writing" and the year to get to the annual conference website. Recent conference sites are hosted at http://candwcon.org/ |
'''computers-and-composition''' is the name of the sub/in-discipline of rhetoric and composition scholars whose research and teaching focus on the impact and use of (digital) technologies in writing. Lately, people have started referring to this discipline by other names, including digital rhetoric(s), digital writing studies, digital media composition, and others. Digital pedagogy has been at the forefront of this discipline since its beginnings, which date back to the late 1970s and the use of mainframe computing in the process of writing and the teaching of academic writing. | '''computers-and-composition''' is the name of the sub/in-discipline of rhetoric and composition scholars whose research and teaching focus on the impact and use of (digital) technologies in writing. Lately, people have started referring to this discipline by other names, including digital rhetoric(s), digital writing studies, digital media composition, and others. Digital pedagogy has been at the forefront of this discipline since its beginnings, which date back to the late 1970s and the use of mainframe computing in the process of writing and the teaching of academic writing. | ||
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| + | This entry is pulled from an original discussion forum post at Digital Humanities Questions & Answers website: http://digitalhumanities.org/answers/topic/the-relationship-of-dh-to-computers-composition | ||
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Computers & Composition is the name of the print-based journal that folks in digital writing studies (nee computers-and-composition studies) read. This journal began publishing in 1983. The history of the journal can be read here: http://computersandcomposition.candcblog.org/html/history.htm. For more journals in the field, see the Journals listing on the main page.
Computers & Writing is the name of the annual conference that digital writing studies scholars attend. Search for "Computers and Writing" and the year to get to the annual conference website. Recent conference sites are hosted at http://candwcon.org/
computers-and-composition is the name of the sub/in-discipline of rhetoric and composition scholars whose research and teaching focus on the impact and use of (digital) technologies in writing. Lately, people have started referring to this discipline by other names, including digital rhetoric(s), digital writing studies, digital media composition, and others. Digital pedagogy has been at the forefront of this discipline since its beginnings, which date back to the late 1970s and the use of mainframe computing in the process of writing and the teaching of academic writing.
This entry is pulled from an original discussion forum post at Digital Humanities Questions & Answers website: http://digitalhumanities.org/answers/topic/the-relationship-of-dh-to-computers-composition
