Distributing memory: Rhetorical work in digital environments

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-280

  van Ittersum, Derek ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; NOTE TAKING; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SOFTWARE PROGRAM;

COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 75349088091     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572250902942026     Document Type: Article

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