Introduction I Introductory Remarks Robert R. Johnson *JCD Book Review Editor iteracy and technology have been intimately intertwined for many centuries. In fact, the very idea of broad-based, public literacy can even be argued to be an outcome of the printing press and the ubiquitous "book" that eventually was produced by it. In other words, the acts of reading and writing cannot be separated from technology historically or practically speaking. But is this intimate relationship any different in our present age than it was five hundred years ago? Is literacy being reformed or refashioned as a result of new technologies like the computer, or like the fast-growingmultimedia genres that may eventually blur the distinction between the television and the computer? L These and other related questions form the basis of PatriciaA. Sullivanand Jennie Dautermann's edited collection Electronic Literacies in the Workplace: Technologies of Writing. This collection, which presents research by investigators in and out of the academy, tackles these questions (and more) from a variety of perspectives. The result is a well-conceived collection of readings that should at once invigorate our approach to electronic communication, but also give us pause in what seems to be at times a "breathless rush" to accept the new medium in our everyday lives. Whether we work in industry settings, or teach and conduct scholarly research within the halls of education, Electronic Literacies in the Workplace will challenge us to think about the impact of computers on our lives. For those who want to explore the issues of electronic literacy in more depth, Scott DeLoach's thorough review will serve as a splendid introduction to this important and provocative collection of articles. [~lCD'spolicy is to publish multiple, comparative reviews of each book we target, but unforeseen last-minute problems prevented the appearance of a planned second review in this case.]
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Introductory Remarks
Johnson, Robert R.
Follow ACM SIGDOC Asterisk Journal of Computer Documentation
, Volume 21 (2)
Association for Computing Machinery – May 1, 1997
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