"we see technology as an integral part of human experience, not as an outside agency that is somehow changing us against our will. Rather it is out process of using--an re-creating- these technologies that is essential human experience" (p.200)
Bruce and Comstock article, "Why Writing is Technology: Reflections in New Media"
Bruce and Comstock in this short chapter claim that writing and technology have a relationship whereby the user in participating with technologies and writing makes changes on both elements. This two way impact means seeing technology as more than just a tool that enables new forms of writing, but rather shows it to be changed by the ways writers are using the new tools. This picture is a more organic way of seeing the emergence of new media and new technologies.
As they claim "participatory design practices, the tools itself does not remain static, but emerges as the writer and reader interact" (p.201). This idea may be part of why writers feel empowered by using new media or web 2.o t00ls. The participatory nature makes them feel more a part of the organic process of learning and thinking.
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