RhetNet is as much a place to play around with the notion of academic publishing as it is an actual publication. (It still *is* an actual publication!) It is an place where we may explore the possibilities for publishing online the kinds of written conversations that occur online.RhetNet's first principle is that conversations on the net are intellectually valuable on their own terms, and that those terms indicate different means of apprehending and comprehending their worth. The texts in RhetNet may include more-or-less traditionally shaped essays and articles, but the emphasis is on capturing interesting bits of conversation from mailing lists, newsgroups, multiple-user environments, and chat systems.
Traditional roles are being reconceived as well. Reader, Writer, and Editor are positions that may begin to blur. Anyone who is interested in participating may choose to operate from one or more of those positions as need and desire compels.
To see what has been published in RhetNet so far, visit the journal's world wide web pages at:
http://www.missouri.edu/~wleric/rhetnet/rhetnet.html
or its gopherspace at:
gopher.bgsu.edu
> To participate in the conversations (which range from the conceptualization of network publishing to the work of handling the journal's texts), subscribe to Rhetnt-L by sending mail to:listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu
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(Don't include a signature in the note.)If you have trouble subscribing to the list or finding RhetNet on the web or gopher, or if you just want more information, contact Eric Crump at wleric@showme.missouri.edu.