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Peer reviewedLanham, Richard A. – Computers and Composition, 1989
Traces the early history of the electronic digital computer and the viewpoints held concerning the computer from its inception to its present status. Highlights three key words ("mimesis,""topic," and "decorum") to develop the rhetoricality of the personal computer as a communications device. (KEH)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Literacy, Digital Computers, Man Machine Systems
