English 8121. Digital Rhetoric

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Here you’ll find a number of things: readings, students’ reading responses, my lecture notes, and whatever doesn’t belong to the other pages.

A Disclaimer: most of my handouts are rather informal. The information contained therein is usually not tested by rigorous research but just personal reflections on certain issues and readings.

Technology Theories
This is the file on different theories of technology that I discussed on the first day.

Recommended Resources: Theory

• Johnson, Robert R. (1998). User-Centered Technology: A Rhetorical Theory for Computers and Texts Other Mundane Artifacts. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
• Bolter, David Jay. (2001). Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Charles Bazerman and David R. Russell, Eds. Writing Selves/Writing Societies: Research from Activity Perspectives. (http://wac.colostate.edu/books/selves_societies/index.cfm)
• Preece, Jenny. 2000. Online communities: designing usability, supporting sociability. Wiley.
• Preece, Jenny, Rogers, Yvonne & Sharp, Helen. 2002. Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction. Wiley & Sons.
• Hackos, Joann & Steven, Dawn. 1997. Standards for online communication. Wiley & Sons.
• Walker, Kristin. 2002. “Theoretical foundations for website design courses.” Technical communication quarterly, 11 (1): 61-83.

Recommended Resources: Practical Applications

• Carey, Patrick. (2003). New Perspectives on Creating Web Pages with HTML, Introductory, 3rd Edition. Cambridge, MA: Course Technology. (Online: http://www.course.com/downloads/newperspectives/crweb3/index.cfm)
• Williams, Robin & John Tollett. (2000). The Non-Designer’s Web Book. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
• Williams, Robin. (1995). The Non-Designer’s Design Book. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
  Wardrip-Fruin and Montfort. New Media Reader (comes with a cd)