After all this time researching, complaining, writing, avoiding, editing, and drinking more coffee than can possibly be good for a human, I have finally finished my M.A. Project*.
My project basically argues that the communication technology available today is blending the lines between author and reader. This isn’t a bad thing. So I hope you enjoy it!
Table of Contents Following the Authorial Conversation 4 Reading Omissions: Marianne Moore’s Ever Changing “Poetry” 13 Given Away: Readers Remixing Cory Doctorow’s “Craphound” 30 “Hi there, Junkies”: The Conversational Impact of Scott Sigler’s Readers 47 Continuing the Conversation 57 Bibliography 61
Continuing the Conversation (heads up – it’s a Microsoft Word .doc)
Continuing the Conversation: How Communication Technology Impacts Traditional Roles by Chandra Jenkins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
*Yes, it is basically a thesis. Yes, there is a really boring, technical reason why the English Deptarment at CSUF can’t call it a thesis. No, I don’t really know what that reason is.
thank you