Computer Mediated Communication and Discourse: The Effect on Writing Skill

Abstract

This paper deals with Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) as an emergent communicative environment. CMC mostly occurs in text – based modes such as web-chat , bulletin board , electronic mail , away messages , etc . By means of CMC , online classroom can be established with a variety of subjects than that of the traditional classroom. Students need to be trained to be persistent and disciplined in order to learn from online courses. Accordingly, this research responds to lack of studies written about computer mediated environment as of interest to discourse analysts and as a tool for teachers of writing as well .