TY - JOUR
T1 - IText
T2 - Future Directions for Research on the Relationship between Information Technology and Writing
AU - Geisler, Cheryl
AU - Bazerman, Charles
AU - Doheny-Farina, Stephen
AU - Gurak, Laura
AU - Haas, Christina
AU - Johnson-Eilola, Johndan
AU - Kaufer, David S.
AU - Lunsford, Andrea
AU - Miller, Carolyn R.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Most people who use information technology (IT) every day use IT in text-centered interactions. In e-mail, we compose and read texts. On the Web, we read (and often compose) texts. And when we create and refer to the appointments and notes in our personal digital assistants, we use texts. Texts are deeply embedded in cultural, cognitive, and material arrangements that go back thousands of years. Information technologies with texts at their core are, by contrast, a relatively recent development. To participate with other information researchers in shaping the evolution of these ITexts, researchers and scholars must build on a knowledge base and articulate issues, a task undertaken in this article. The authors begin by reviewing the existing foundations for a research program in IText and then scope out issues for research over the next five to seven years. They direct particular attention to the evolving character of ITexts and to their impact on society. By undertaking this research, the authors urge the continuing evolution of technologies of text.
AB - Most people who use information technology (IT) every day use IT in text-centered interactions. In e-mail, we compose and read texts. On the Web, we read (and often compose) texts. And when we create and refer to the appointments and notes in our personal digital assistants, we use texts. Texts are deeply embedded in cultural, cognitive, and material arrangements that go back thousands of years. Information technologies with texts at their core are, by contrast, a relatively recent development. To participate with other information researchers in shaping the evolution of these ITexts, researchers and scholars must build on a knowledge base and articulate issues, a task undertaken in this article. The authors begin by reviewing the existing foundations for a research program in IText and then scope out issues for research over the next five to seven years. They direct particular attention to the evolving character of ITexts and to their impact on society. By undertaking this research, the authors urge the continuing evolution of technologies of text.
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U2 - 10.1177/105065190101500302
DO - 10.1177/105065190101500302
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1542675417
SN - 1050-6519
VL - 15
SP - 269
EP - 308
JO - Journal of Business and Technical Communication
JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication
IS - 3
ER -