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- Title
Writing through time: longitudinal studies of the effects of new technology on writing.
- Authors
Hartley, James; Howe, Michael; McKeachie, Wilbert
- Abstract
This paper contributes to the discussion about the effects of new technology on writing by assessing whether or not people's writing styles and ways of thinking change when new technologies are introduced. The writing styles of the three authors, prolific writers in their own fields, were assessed by comparing materials written by each author over a thirty-year period. During this time there were, for each author, great changes in the ways that they used new technology to help them to write. Nonetheless, the results indicated that, although the writing styles of each author differed from each other, their individual styles were remarkably consistent over time. These results thus suggest that although the new technologies may change the ways that individual writers work, they do not alter the styles of their resulting products.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL technology; COMPOSITION (Language arts)
- Publication
British Journal of Educational Technology, 2001, Vol 32, Issue 2, p141
- ISSN
0007-1013
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-8535.00185