Cross-Cultural Communication - Perspectives in Theory and Practice

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Issues in Internationalization of Technical Documentation: Quality Control

Chapter 3 National Cultures in International Communication

Chapter 4 Communicating Style Rules to Editors of International Standards

Chapter 5 Cultural Influences on Technical Manuals

Chapter 6 Increasing User Acceptance of Technical Information in Cross-Cultural Communication

Chapter 7 Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Thomas Warren

Summary

A collection of essays that examines how practitioners can improve the acceptance of their documentation when communicating to cultures other than their own. These essays begin by examining the cross-cultural issues relating to quality in documentation. They then look at examples of common documents, analysing them from several perspectives

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Warren, Thomas L Warren, Thomas L. Warren, Warren Thomas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138637177
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63717-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Baywood's Technical Communications
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Communication Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Literary essays