12 Oct

Weblogs Compendium: Tools

in blog & cms

Annotated list of weblogs and weblog mods.

12 Oct

The Eric Eldred Act

in intellectual property

Introduction: "This site collects material related to the constitutional challenge of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended by 20 years both existing copyrights and future copyrights."

12 Oct

Association of Internet Researchers

in internet

"The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders. The association is international in scope."

12 Oct

Reading and Writing Hypertext

in hypertext

By David S. Miall: "In this document I introduce a basic rhetoric of hypertext. After an opening section in which I delimit and describe the kind of hypertext I am discussing, I outline the primary features of the parts of a hypertext (the nodes) and the connections between them (the links). I conclude with some provisional criticisms of hypertext as a medium for communication."

12 Oct

Hyperwriting: A New Process Model

in hypertext

By Jean Mason: "New technologies are creating new writing experiences. This transformation challenges educators in general and writing instructors in particular, as technological innovations force us to reframe our roles and points of reference. Hyperwriters epitomize this challenge as they struggle to master a new process that includes electronic links, visual images, sound, animation, and other forms of data within a single digitized writing space. We need new process models to help us rethink and adapt our understanding of writing and its instruction.

This "article" presents a selected portion of the findings of a two year study. Data was collected from a purposive sample of writers in the form of interviews, observations, correspondence, journals, and artifacts. A significant portion of that data was collected over the Internet using asynchronous and synchronous communication. The subsequent analysis and interpretation of that data offer new insight into how the writing process is affected in the unprecedented hypertextual writing space. Interpretations, implications, and speculations are framed within communication, writing, and hypertext theories. A new process model is presented."