Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 1995

Romancing the hypertext: A rhetorical/historiographical view of the “Hyperphenomenon”;

Robert R. Johnson Miami University

Abstract

This article analyzes the ideological assumptions that have driven the conception and development of hypertext, demonstrating how it has developed from an apractical romantic viewpoint that remains a very strong driving force. The article argues that technical communicators must critique and subsequently design hypertexts that are rhetorically sound, refiguring hypertext as user‐centered, historically situated, and practical.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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1995-01-01
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10.1080/10572259509364585
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