In-Class Post 9/6

Question: How does technology influence or determine the content of the writing, in addition to the process?

 

Using technology to write can influence many different things about the content. For starters, composing something using a keyboard as opposed to by hand or a typewriter can allow you to write more material more quickly. Because of this, writers may tend to get more wordy and elaborate in their language. Using technology to write can also change or expand your audience, which may result in a different style of writing or different content altogether. You may alter what you say to appeal to a certain group of people that you hope to reach through your writing. I also think that when using technology, writers can be less cautious about making mistakes while writing because it is so much easier to fix any mistakes on a computer. You can get your thoughts on “paper” nearly as fast as you are thinking them and then go back and edit any mistakes later. When writing by hand, writers tend to be more careful and deliberate, which can be good, but can also cause them to leave out some of their thoughts and ideas in the process.

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  1. “but can also cause them to leave out some of their thoughts and ideas in the process” << that's an interesting idea. I think some people might say the opposite; the blinking cursor on the screen makes it hard for them to get their ideas down, and it's easier to jot them down on scratch paper. I think a lot of it probably comes down to personality.

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