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Thirty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 2

The Functionality Attribute of Cybergenres (PDF)

Maui, Hawaii

January 05-January 08

ISBN: 0-7695-0001-3

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	Michael Shepherd, Carolyn Watters, "The Functionality Attribute of Cybergenres," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2, pp. 2007, Thirty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 2, 1999.

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	@article{ 10.1109/HICSS.1999.772650, author = {Michael Shepherd and Carolyn Watters}, title = {The Functionality Attribute of Cybergenres}, journal ={Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences}, volume = {2}, year = {1999}, isbn = {0-7695-0001-3}, pages = {2007}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.1999.772650}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences TI - The Functionality Attribute of Cybergenres SN - 0-7695-0001-3 SP EP A1 - Michael Shepherd, A1 - Carolyn Watters, PY - 1999 VL - 2 JA - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ER -

Michael Shepherd, Dalhousie University

Carolyn Watters, Acadia University

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.1999.772650

Under the influence of a new medium, a genre may evolve into variants of the original genre or even into new genre. The computer-Internet combination has resulted in the emergence of cybergenre, a new class of genre characterized by the triple, . Users approach instances of cybergenre with certain expectations with respect to functionality, as well as to form and content. This paper examines the "functionality" attribute of various cybergenre in an attempt to identify the essential functionality this new medium affords us, so we may use genre more effectively in the design of computer and network-based applications.

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Michael Shepherd, Carolyn Watters, "The Functionality Attribute of Cybergenres," hicss, vol. 2, pp.2007, Thirty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 2, 1999

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