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Computer Mediated Learning: Applying Burke's Pentad

Computer Mediated Learning: Applying Burke's Pentad

Alison Ruth
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781599048635|ISBN10: 1599048639|EISBN13: 9781599048642
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch007
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Ruth, Alison. "Computer Mediated Learning: Applying Burke's Pentad." Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication, edited by Sigrid Kelsey and Kirk St.Amant, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 73-86. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch007

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Ruth, A. (2008). Computer Mediated Learning: Applying Burke's Pentad. In S. Kelsey & K. St.Amant (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication (pp. 73-86). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch007

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Ruth, Alison. "Computer Mediated Learning: Applying Burke's Pentad." In Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication, edited by Sigrid Kelsey and Kirk St.Amant, 73-86. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter proposes that Burke’s (1969) dramatistic analysis using the Pentad (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose) is a valuable methodological tool for investigating how learning theory offers a better understanding of mediated learning environments. It is argued that this framework provides a coherent and comprehensive consideration of learning and communication mediated by electronic means. Research into computer mediated communication needs to acknowledge the intertwining notion of the agents, acts and agency (mediation) within a specific scene, particularly in an online learning environment. Burke’s (1969) work provides a useful framework for discussing and describing a mediated environment and appears to be a valid framework within which to analyze different learning and communicative environments.

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