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The Dissertation ECoach: Supporting graduate students as they transition to dissertation writing 论文指导：支持研究生过渡到论文写作

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102884

Simone Sessolo, Marisol Fila, Erin Murray, Mark Mills, Rebecca L. Matz, Holly Derry, Caitlin Hayward

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Unveiling the affective digital counterpublic: A rhetorical ecological analysis of the #JusticeForNaqib movement in Pakistan 揭开情感数字反公众的面纱：巴基斯坦#纳吉布正义运动的修辞生态分析

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102885

Salma Kalim

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On rhetorical distortion: Examining mutated hashtags in pro-an(orexi)a communities 关于修辞失真：研究亲安（orexi）a 社区中变异的标签

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102872

Fernando Sánchez , Katelyn Brunner

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Letter from the Editor 编辑来信

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102873

Kristine L. Blair

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Erratum regarding missing Declaration of Competing Interest statement in previously published article 关于之前发表的文章中缺少 "竞争利益声明 "的勘误

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102864

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The impact of google-drive e-portfolio assessment on EFL learners’ attitudes and emotions google-drive电子作品集评估对英语学习者态度和情感的影响

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102866

Hossein Bozorgian , Maryam Kazemi , Kimia Deylami , Musa Nushi

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ChatGPT, the perfect virtual teaching assistant? Ideological bias in learner-chatbot interactions ChatGPT，完美的虚拟助教？学习者与聊天机器人互动中的意识形态偏见

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102871

Margo Van Poucke

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“What it is exactly that circulates”: Affective value, re/production, and rhetorical exchange "流通的究竟是什么"：情感价值、再生产和修辞交换

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102865

Kelin Loe

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DETECTing the anomalies: Exploring implications of qualitative research in identifying AI-generated text for AI-assisted composition instruction 发现异常：探索定性研究对人工智能辅助作文教学中识别人工智能生成文本的影响

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102869

Ali Garib , Tina A. Coffelt

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Algorithmic Attention Systems and Writing-as-Content 算法关注系统和写作即内容

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2024-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102862

Christine Masters-Wheeler

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