1: Hypertext and the Changing Roles of Readers (Nancy G. Patterson)
Summary, assess and reflection:
Patterson analyses the use of hypertext and digital literature at schools or as a tool for students, giving even various games. Further she reflects on the role of the author in digital and print media and the attitude brought towards literature in both cases. She puts print and digital media in contrast and focuses on the accessibility. But she also discusses the negative arguments of digital media. She cites several authors and their opinion on hypertext and how they are killing literacy. In the last passage Patterson talks about the “naturalness” of Hypertext and how literature has emerged throughout time.
This article might be interesting for students researching the topic of digital media and hypertext because it sums up all the aspects of digital literature. The author discusses the history of hypertext, the roles of readers, compares print to digital literature and looks close onto the negative aspects around the topic. What could be seen as really helpful is the focus on school and students and how hypertext and digital literature could be used as a tool at school or at the university.
In my opinion it is a useful source because it doesn’t chose sides and the author talks value-neutral of the pros and cons of digital literature.
2: On Generalizing the Concept of Hypertext (Michael P. Bieber, Steven O. Kimbrough)
Summary, assess and reflection:
The article describes how a hypertext is build and what a hypertext is all about in general. It talks on the system level and the core ideas of hypertext. It focuses not on the texts itself or its content and provides a deeper view into the making of a hypertext. It shows how to build a hypertext and what is important to know about. It gives a discussion and conclusion on hypertext and how it can be used as a method for reducing the human operating costs. It shows the core of a text and its efforts needed to create such digital literature.
In contrast to my first source this text is more useful to technical interested students. If you really want to research on hypertext, you could say that it is useful to know how they are made and which technical knowledge is needed to create such a text. The article tries to explain the different kinds of hypertext and puts them in contrast. I found it very interesting to see what it takes to build something “very easy” at first sight and that not only the story of a text can be difficult but the system of it too.
3: Digital Texts and the New Literacies (Allen Webb)
Summary, assess and reflection:
Patterson analyses the use of hypertext and digital literature at schools or as a tool for students, giving even various games. Further she reflects on the role of the author in digital and print media and the attitude brought towards literature in both cases. She puts print and digital media in contrast and focuses on the accessibility. But she also discusses the negative arguments of digital media. She cites several authors and their opinion on hypertext and how they are killing literacy. In the last passage Patterson talks about the “naturalness” of Hypertext and how literature has emerged throughout time.
This article might be interesting for students researching the topic of digital media and hypertext because it sums up all the aspects of digital literature. The author discusses the history of hypertext, the roles of readers, compares print to digital literature and looks close onto the negative aspects around the topic. What could be seen as really helpful is the focus on school and students and how hypertext and digital literature could be used as a tool at school or at the university.
In my opinion it is a useful source because it doesn’t chose sides and the author talks value-neutral of the pros and cons of digital literature.
2: On Generalizing the Concept of Hypertext (Michael P. Bieber, Steven O. Kimbrough)
Summary, assess and reflection:
The article describes how a hypertext is build and what a hypertext is all about in general. It talks on the system level and the core ideas of hypertext. It focuses not on the texts itself or its content and provides a deeper view into the making of a hypertext. It shows how to build a hypertext and what is important to know about. It gives a discussion and conclusion on hypertext and how it can be used as a method for reducing the human operating costs. It shows the core of a text and its efforts needed to create such digital literature.
In contrast to my first source this text is more useful to technical interested students. If you really want to research on hypertext, you could say that it is useful to know how they are made and which technical knowledge is needed to create such a text. The article tries to explain the different kinds of hypertext and puts them in contrast. I found it very interesting to see what it takes to build something “very easy” at first sight and that not only the story of a text can be difficult but the system of it too.
3: Digital Texts and the New Literacies (Allen Webb)
Summary, assess and reflection:
Allen Webb focuses in his article on the use of digital literature instead of classic print media at college. His use of digital media should help his students focusing on reading carefully and closely. Students should be enhanced to find their way around the internet to find poetry and literature. His article puts a light on how big the world of literature is on the internet in contrast to print media. Students are connected to living poetry and living poets and to a lot of additional information a single textbook couldn’t provide. Webb argues that the internet allows students to work with poetry and literature free and to even be able to change poetry. Another of Webb’s arguments is the possibility to access additional information or simply additional texts in seconds. Online archives provide in Webb’s opinion a lot more information at once than a single bibliography could provide.
Regarding to my other two sources, this article focuses on how students can work with digital literature and which possibilities can be found working with them. If a student is researching on digital literature, this article could provide additional information focusing on traditional digital literature and in times of technology at school, such articles can be useful to broaden a becoming teachers mind. A Webb state that today’s students are used to the medium and therefor can work with it more freely what is in my opinion very true. Researching digital literature shouldn’t only focus on hypertext and advanced literature, it should take a deeper look on its beginning and its roots lying in texts provided on the internet.
Works Cited:
Allen Webb focuses in his article on the use of digital literature instead of classic print media at college. His use of digital media should help his students focusing on reading carefully and closely. Students should be enhanced to find their way around the internet to find poetry and literature. His article puts a light on how big the world of literature is on the internet in contrast to print media. Students are connected to living poetry and living poets and to a lot of additional information a single textbook couldn’t provide. Webb argues that the internet allows students to work with poetry and literature free and to even be able to change poetry. Another of Webb’s arguments is the possibility to access additional information or simply additional texts in seconds. Online archives provide in Webb’s opinion a lot more information at once than a single bibliography could provide.
Regarding to my other two sources, this article focuses on how students can work with digital literature and which possibilities can be found working with them. If a student is researching on digital literature, this article could provide additional information focusing on traditional digital literature and in times of technology at school, such articles can be useful to broaden a becoming teachers mind. A Webb state that today’s students are used to the medium and therefor can work with it more freely what is in my opinion very true. Researching digital literature shouldn’t only focus on hypertext and advanced literature, it should take a deeper look on its beginning and its roots lying in texts provided on the internet.
Works Cited:
Patterson, Nancy G. "Hypertext and the Changing Roles of Readers." The English Journal 90.2 (2000)
Bieber, Michael P., and Steven O. Kimbrough. "On Generalizing the Concept of Hypertext." MIS Quarterly 16.1 (1992)
Webb, Allen. "Digital Texts and the New Literacies." English Journal 97.1 (2007)
Bieber, Michael P., and Steven O. Kimbrough. "On Generalizing the Concept of Hypertext." MIS Quarterly 16.1 (1992)
Webb, Allen. "Digital Texts and the New Literacies." English Journal 97.1 (2007)
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