For students in Writing for Electronic Communities, the March 13 discussion questions regarding the Landow text are as follows:
1. Landow writes about the problem of disorientation in reading hypertext. He also says this is not necessarily a bad thing. Have you ever experienced “pleasurable” disorientation when reading a piece of literature, viewing a film, or looking at a piece of art?
2. Read the post in this blog entited A Nation of ADD. Do any of the links make you “confused and resentful” (154)? How does this relate to what Landow says makes for good hypertext?
3. How can writers of hypertext help with the less pleasant forms of disorientation (see pages 154-173)? Which would help you the most? Why?
4. How is hypertext narrative different than regular narrative? If you were to write the story of the Wizard of Oz in hypertext, how would you go about doing it?
5. Who do copyright laws need to protect in this electronic age: authors or readers?
