This project works to explore the relationship between the larger field of composition and the smaller subdiscipline of computers and composition by examining articles published in College Composition and Communication (CCC) and Computers and Composition (C&C) over the last 25 years. Based on a taxonomy of article types and topics for the technology-related articles published in both journals from 1983 to 2008, this study identifies seven major findings concerning the relationship between computers and composition and the larger field focused on. The first five findings highlight differences between the journals, the next one discuss a similarity between them, and the final one explores a new development in C&C exclusively. These findings include the: (1) journals' overall (publication) relationship; (2) ways both participate in a "sticky Theory-Practice dance" (Grimm 266); (3) shifting leadership patterns (on field-related topics) between the journals ; (4) ways each connect computers and composition work to other subdiscipline; (5) the patterns of topics in each journal, especially where there are absences; (6) their shared display of programmatic stasis and (slow) increase in treatment of professional topics; and (7) the slow and nuanced development of C&C's treatment of article types and topics. This study then concludes by putting these findings in dialogue with current assertions about the relationship between CCC and C&C to explore how they both align and challenge previous assumptions. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English in Partial Fulfillment of
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Summer Semester, 2009. / June 17, 2009. / Rhetoric and Composition, College Composition and Communication, Computers and Composition, Computer-aided Teaching, Discourse Analysis, Pedagogy, Research, Theory, Composition Subdisciplines / Includes bibliographical references. / Kathleen Yancey, Professor Directing Thesis; Kristie Fleckenstein, Committee Member; Michael Neal, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175991 |
| Contributors | Szymanski, Natalie (authoraut), Yancey, Kathleen (professor directing thesis), Fleckenstein, Kristie (committee member), Neal, Michael (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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