To Study Writing (what does it mean to study writing?)

Of course, to study writing can—and should—mean many things: to study the ways that texts are produced, by single writers, dyads, or groups; to study the functions of literacy in personal development and in social and institutional contexts; to study how writing is mediated and distributed; to study the practices of literacy in situ; and to study how written texts work within or against cultural discourses, among others. (Haas, et. al, "Young People’s Everyday Literacies: The Language Features of Instant Messaging" p 379)