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2010 · Louisville

Informal Online Discourse as a “Home” Language: Theorizing and Re-Claiming the Demonized Space of Social Networking and Instant Messaging

Session E.15

Area: Language · family: Language and literacy

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Sara Littlejohn University of North Carolina Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Speakers Sara Littlejohn University of North Carolina Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro Depoliticizing Informal Online Discourse: Capitalizing on the Familiarity of a Reconceived ‘Home’ Language
Speakers Alan Benson University of North Carolina Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro Blurring Boundaries of Language and Identity: The Blended ‘Home’ Spaces of Online Writers
Speakers Jennifer Whitaker University of North Carolina Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro Using Poetry to Re-envision Informal Online Discourse as Genre

Source

NCTE's program, near page 142 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Informal Online Discourse as a “Home” Language: Theorizing and Re-Claiming the Demonized Space of Social Networking and Instant Messaging.” 2010 Convention Program, Louisville, session E.15. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.