1.) I have been writing electronically since middle school when it first started with AOL Instant Messanger. In high school I recieved education on writing professionally in an e-mail as well as blogging. I have never personally blogged myself but I have been taught about it before. I use e-mail as the source of communication when I write electronically.
2.) I feel that my writing does in fact change when writing electronically because I have taken a technical writing course which taught me how to go about writing electronically in a professional manner. I feel that I am more formal when writing electronically and I don't tend to ramble on about the subject matter because it would be to much for the reader to see at once, as opposed to a tangible paper they see in front of them. When writing an e-mail I write to the recipient about the subject matter at hand. I believe it is better to be straight and to the point when writing electronically so you do not make the ready discouraged in reading what is posted.
Good points, Owen. Electronic writing, in particular, demands concise writing that gets right to the point.
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