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Peer reviewedHolcomb, Christopher – Computers and Composition, 1997
Finds that joking in computer-mediated communication constitutes a hybrid form of discourse, mingling the conventions of print and speech. Notes that students use typography and space to better capture the rhythms and inflections of oral joking, but such joking instantly organizes participants into hierarchically differentiated groups, creating…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
