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Collaborating with writing tools: An instrumental perspective on the problem of computer-supported collaborative activities
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Interacting with Computers . Dec2003, Vol. 15 Issue 6, p737. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- This paper presents an analysis of the modifications that a synchronous computer support for collaborative writing introduces into the organization of co-authors'' writing. The analysis is grounded in case studies of different groups of co-authors writing a report together face to face and at a distance through a collaborative writing computer system. Drawing from these studies I suggest that the problems with using a collaborative writing computer system to provide a fully collaborative writing environment derive from underlying assumptions concerning collaboration within the co-authoring activity. I point out that a more thorough understanding of how co-authors organize their writing can provide resources to envisage more radical solutions to the problem of computer support for collaboration. I conclude by considering ways that might be adequate to reconfigure collaborative writing systems in order to provide more satisfactory support for collaboration in writing environments. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *AUTHORSHIP
*COMPUTERS
*AUTHORS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09535438
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Interacting with Computers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11425778
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2003.09.003