ERIC Number: EJ1317762
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
EISSN: EISSN-1939-9006
Who's Afraid of Facebook? A Survey of Students' Online Writing Practices
David Gold; Jathan Day; Adrienne E. Raw
College Composition and Communication, v72 n1 p4-30 Sep 2020
We surveyed 803 undergraduates at a large public university about their online writing practices. We find that despite wide platform access, students typically write in a narrow range of spaces for limited purposes and audiences, with a majority expressing rhetorical concerns about writing in digital spaces. These findings suggest rich opportunities for writing instructors to better help students negotiate the terrain of online public discourse.
Descriptors: Social Media, Student Surveys, Writing Strategies, Computer Mediated Communication, Undergraduate Students, Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Incidence
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