Building and maintaining contexts in interactive networked writing: An examination of deixis and intertextuality in instant messaging

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-298

  Haas, Christina ^a   Carr, Brandon J ^b   Takayoshi, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b World Literature ^*  (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college student writing; computer mediated communication; material contexts; social and cultural contexts; writing activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959253228     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651911401248     Document Type: Article

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