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Jacobsen, Martin M.

Dr. Martin M. Jacobsen is Professor of English at West Texas A&M University. He received his PhD in English/Discourse Studies from Texas A&M University. Dr. Jacbonsen was awarded the WTAMU Teaching Excellence Award for 2001-2002.

Transformations of Literacy in Computer-Mediated Communication
2002 0-7734-7060-3
This work offers a rhetorical analysis of hypertext resulting in a taxonomy for the elements of hypertext as they relate to literacy. It postulates a theory of cyberdiscursivity, which holds that the more instantaneous, widespread, and individual discursive practices are inherent in computer-mediated communication.