Collaborative Writing and Social Reading Flashcards
Define: COLLABORATIVE WRITING
An inventive process where two or more writers synthesize their perspectives to create a new, shared voice through which to compose texts
e.g. OED, Wikipedia
Define: SOCIAL READING
The act of reading whilst being connected with each other
Example: SOCIAL READING
eBooks: can annotate, rate and review
Define & Exemplify: RECIPROCAL WRITING
The document is shared amongst all writers to simultaneously discuss, draft and respond to suggestions
Define & Exemplify: WIKI
Web application invented by Ward Cunningham in 1994 that allows anyone to add content and anyone to edit it
Define & Exemplify: WIKI DESIGN PRINCIPLES
- Openness and trust: if a page is incomplete or inaccurate, anyone can edit it
- Incremental: pages can cite other pages, even those not yet written
- Observable: you can see the changes being made
Define: ‘USES AND GRATIFICATION THEORY’
Media choice and use is motivated by the desire to satisfy or gratify a need or needs
Define: PROCESS GRATIFICATIONS
Arise from performance of activity
Define: CONTENT GRATIFICATIONS
Arise from acquiring information
Define: STANCE
The position people take in relation to oneself, what’s said and other people or objects, which is marked through particular forms of language and other meaning making resources
Define: STANCE TAKER
The person expressing the stance
Define: STANCE OBJECT
The topic being discussed
Define: STANCE RESOURCES
Resources being drawn upon
Define: STANCE ADDRESSEE
Reader or hearer in stance situation
