Writing about cool: Teaching hypertext as juxtaposition

Computers and Composition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-236

  Rice, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

4Cs; Composition; Cool; Cultural studies; Hypertext; Pedagogy; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041864077     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-4615(03)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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