Title :
A study of revising and editing at the terminal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of English, Miami Univ., Oxford, OH, USA
fDate :
6/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author presents the results of a comparative study of experienced writers editing and revising at a word processor and with pen and paper. Seven writers performed four writing tasks, each of which provided several kinds of data. Among these are statistical analyses and graphs of a chronological record of changes made in both modes and summaries of interviews with the subjects after each writing task. Results suggest that the word processor directly alters a writer´s composing style.
Keywords :
human factors; word processing; composing style; editing; paper; pen; revising; statistical analyses; terminal; word processor; Computers; Educational institutions; Interviews; Presses; Psychology; Text processing; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPC.1984.6448798
