Kairos (journal)


Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of computers and writing, composition studies, and digital rhetoric. It was established in 1996, and was the first academic journal to publish multimedia webtexts.
Founding editor Mick Doherty said:
Kairos readership often exceeds 45,000 readers per month during issue release months.
The journal's sister site, Kairosnews, ran from 1997 to 2006, providing an online forum for discussion of issues. The editor-in-chief is Douglas Eyman.
The word kairos is an Ancient Greek term with meanings including "exact or critical time, season, opportunity", used in rhetoric and other fields.