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EDITOR
Mick Doherty

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Elizabeth Pass

MANAGING EDITOR
Michael J. Salvo

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jason Teague

CHIEF COPY EDITOR
Amy Hanson

LINKS EDITOR
Greg Siering

NEWS EDITOR
Corey W. Wick

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LOGGING ON

From the Editor
by Mick Doherty

On the demands facing a peer-reviewed hypertextual journal.
From the Assistant Editor
by Elizabeth Pass

On the goals and purpose of the journal.
From the Production Manager
by Jason Teague

On the troubles of producing an online journal.


IN BOX

Fred Kemp, Texas Tech University
Collaborative Commentary, Vassar College
A collaborative commentary from Michael Joyce and Vassar College students Lauren Creamer, Sharon Dolente, Stephanie Harzewski, Heather Malin, and Noah Pivnick.


COVER

Online Writing Labs: Should We? Will We? Are We?
Five hypertext authors accept the call to survey the resources available to students at various Online Writing Labs. Commonly referred to as OWLs, these resources have a wide range of personalities and facilities in addition to some smart (or should that be "wise"?) graphics.


FEATURES

The Case of Object #143 or A Manifesto of CineTextual Writing
by Anthony Rue, University of Florida
Cinetext  is the creation of a time-defined textuality using patterns and elements of film in the creation of dynamic textuality. An updated reprise of the author's 1995 Computers and Writing presentation in El Paso.
Stories & Maps: Postmodernism and Professional Communication
by Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Purdue University

Johndan Johnson-Eilola investigates the change from cultural knowledge to visual knowledge by juxtaposing the use of stories and maps as representative information technologies. There is also a dynamic introduction of Postmodern theory/praxis for technical communication.
Get to Know John Burroughs
by Walt Carroll, Olympic Media Information

Walt Carroll provides a hypertextual introduction to "America's Most Beloved Nature Writer." Includes biographical and bibilographical links, and a selection of the web author's favorite Burroughs quotations.
Mapping Ecash: Using the Internet for Business Writing
by Tim Krause, Purdue University
Tim Krause describes his analysis of electronic commerce in a Business Writing class, bringing his classroom onto the net while getting his students involved in a current cultural debate.
What Matters Who Writes? What Matters Who Responds? Issues of Ownership in the Writing Classroom
by Andrea Lunsford, The Ohio State University
with Rebecca Rickly, University of Michigan
Michael J. Salvo, SUNY-Binghamton
Susan West, The Ohio State University

Lunsford, the co-author of Singular Texts/Plural Authors  experiments with collaborative writing in a hypertextual environment, teaming with three co-authors -- or is that the right term? -- to re-imagine her 1995 Keynote Address at the Colgate NCTE Conference.


NEWS

Should We MOO What We Can? Kairos Talks With the Proprietors of the Netoric Cafe
by Corey Wick, North Dakota State University

Tari Fanderclai and Greg Siering, recipients of the "Contribution to the Community" award at the recent NCTE conference, answer News Editor Corey Wick's questions about Netoric, and about professional and educational M**space.
News From the MOO. . . CWTA and You?
by Douglas Eyman, University of North Carolina-Wilmington

Douglas Eyman introduces the Computers and Writing Teaching Assistants' Alliance; web includes information on joining, transcripts of relevant MOO sessions, and an editorial from the author.
News Briefs

  • Utah State to Host 1996 Computers and Writing Conference

  • Writing for the World Aims to Connect Writing Classes

  • Epiphany Project Will Interconnect Universities Nationwide

  • Calls for Proposals in Computers and Writing and Related Fields

  • REVIEWS

    David Kolb's Socrates in the Labyrinth
    by Nick Carbone
    Nicholas Negroponte's Being Digital
    by TyAnna Herrington
    George Landow's Writing at the Edge
    by Douglas Eyman


    PIXELATED RHETORICS

    Spring 1996
    Jeffrey R. Galin, Richard Selfe, and Dean Fontenot kick off the first installment of our editorial board's virtual (Burkean) parlor.