Editing Computers and writing (section)

{{Short description|Study of digital writing}}
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'''Computers and writing''' is a sub-field of [[college]] [[English studies]] about how [[Personal computer|computers]] and digital technologies affect [[literacy]] and the writing process. The range of inquiry in this field is broad including discussions on ethics when using computers in writing programs, how discourse can be produced through technologies, software development, and computer-aided literacy instruction.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-composition|title=Computers and Composition}}</ref> Some topics include [[hypertext]] theory, [[visual rhetoric]], [[multimedia]] authoring, [[distance learning]], [[digital rhetoric]], [[usability]] studies, the patterns of online communities, how various media change reading and writing practices, textual conventions, and genres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CFP {{!}} Cwcon 2019|url=http://candwcon.org/2019/cfp|access-date=2021-05-04|website=candwcon.org}}</ref> Other topics examine social or critical issues in computer technology and literacy, such as the issues of the "[[digital divide]]", equitable access to computer-writing resources, and critical technological literacies. Many studies by scientists have shown that writing on computer is better than writing in a book<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Call for Interventions {{!}} 2020 Computers and Writing Conference|url=http://candwcon.org/2020/call-interventions|access-date=2021-05-04|website=candwcon.org}}</ref>

"Computers and Writing" is also the name of an [[academic conference]] (see {{slink||Conference and Conference History}} below).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Computers and Writing Conference |url=https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/committees/7cs/candwcall |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Conference on College Composition and Communication|date=6 June 2018 }}</ref>