In this study, we analyze titles/summaries of works presented in 5 Brazilian scientific events at different levels, from 2000 through 2001, with the objective of tracking new studies in the country covering electronic text and digital literacy. Core survey issues included: What are such studies investigating? How is computer technology addressed at linguistic surveys? Data provide a view of the development of the linguistic research in literacy/technology in Brazil, over the period mentioned above, in relation to: representativeness and productivity of this field of study in the analyzed events and in the corpus of works on the theme; the investigation focus, research problems (in particular those related to electronic text, computer use, methods of virtual teaching) and prioritized approaches; researches/institutions involved in this new investigation area.