Access(Ing) The Coordination Of Writing Networks

Keywords

Access; Accessing; Actor-Network Theory; Digital divide; Social networks

Abstract

In this article, I engage the discussion of access within the field of computers and writing and revisit the issue of the digital divide. My discussion of access focuses on operationalizing access as what Annette Powell calls "access(ing)" (2007), a process of enacting and coordination between humans and nonhumans. Drawing on Actor-Network Theory and digital literacy narrative methodology, I present the story of Diana as a problematic case study through which I ask scholars to think about accessing in deeply ecological and newly traceable ways. I end by noting that stories like Diana's challenge researchers to think of accessing as enacted, distributed, and traceable across networks.

Publication Date

12-1-2015

Publication Title

Computers and Composition

Volume

38

Number of Pages

68-78

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2015.09.004

Socpus ID

84944738891 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84944738891

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