The Power of the Reader
The real power of the reader of hypertext is in the text creation, in creating the argument. By "creating" I don't mean the act of writing, I mean bringing together via association the nodes that make up the reader's "point of view" (which may actually be comprised of multiple authors' points of view as well). A reader can easily move around form node to node, exploring the information that interests her and she can create meaning out of all documents she gathers. She can even leave bookmarks so she can return to a certain document with ease, giving a bit of permanence (at least in terms of the locations of the documents) to the temporary texts created by browsing the Web. The reader can actually create the information she wants. By that I don't mean that the reader is responsible for creating the Web documents, but she is responsible for creating the associations that bring together the various documents on the Web. In fact, I would say that just as the author has a responsibility to provide information, the reader has the responsibility to actively seek information, to use the power of the Web as an information tool.
The Reader's Responsibility 
The Reader's Role
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