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Composing Rhetoric and Composition Program Websites: A Situated Study and a Heuristic Model

Erickson, Joey Jason
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1306199890

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, English (Rhetoric and Writing).
This dissertation reports my study of the institutionally situated challenges involved in designing and maintaining Rhetoric and Composition doctoral program websites via two primary research methods. First, I conduct content analyses of nine methodically selected doctoral program websites in order to develop a detailed set of site characteristics. Then I synthesize these characteristics with data collected via interviews with students and faculty from Bowling Green State University regarding their involvement in using, developing, or maintaining the Rhetoric and Composition program’s website. My use of these research methods draws upon aspects of grounded theory and qualitative research methodologies as they are represented by Bob Broad in his book on writing assessment entitled What We Really Value: Beyond Rubrics in Teaching and Assessing Writing. Similar to what Broad does in his book in relation to writing program assessment processes, I develop a set of heuristics from my research findings that other disciplinary programs can use to help facilitate their own situated inquiries into the complex institutional dynamics that impact the ways in which they represent their programmatic work and cultures on their websites. I argue that conducting inquiries like this can help programs discover ways to more authentically and powerfully express their programmatic identities within the multiply-influenced digital context of their university websites.
Kristine Blair, PhD (Committee Chair)
Lee Nickoson, PhD (Committee Member)
Lance Massey, PhD (Committee Member)
Gi Woong Yun, PhD (Committee Member)
176 p.
Composition; Design; Rhetoric; Web Studies
Websites; Heuristics; Grounded Theory; Activity Theory; Web Design; Rhetoric and Composition

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  • Erickson, J. J. (2011). Composing Rhetoric and Composition Program Websites: A Situated Study and a Heuristic Model [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1306199890

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Erickson, Joey. Composing Rhetoric and Composition Program Websites: A Situated Study and a Heuristic Model. 2011. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1306199890.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Erickson, Joey. "Composing Rhetoric and Composition Program Websites: A Situated Study and a Heuristic Model." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1306199890

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