Reshaping Technical Communication - New Directions and Challenges for the 21st Century

This collection offers a broad examination of technical communication as a discipline and a profession, and provides insights on its future directions. Intended for students, scholars, and practitioners in technical communication and education.

List of contents

Contents: J. Redish, Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Revising Industry and Academia: Cultures and Relationships.R.S. Dicks, Cultural Impediments to Understanding: Are They Surmountable? D. Bosley, Jumping off the Ivory Tower: Changing the Academic Perspective. A.M. Blakeslee, Researching a Common Ground: Exploring the Space Where Academic and Workplace Cultures Meet. A. Paré, Keeping Writing in Its Place: A Participatory Action Approach to Workplace Communication. S.A. Bernhardt, Active-Practice: Creating Productive Tension Between Academia and Industry. Part II: Re-Envisioning the Profession.R. Spilka, Becoming a Profession. K. Schriver, Taking Our Stakeholders Seriously: Re-Imagining the Dissemination of Research in Information Design. B. Faber, J. Johnson-Eilola, Migrations: Strategic Thinking About the Future(s) of Technical Communication. L. Anschuetz, S. Rosenbaum, Expanding Roles for Technical Communicators. B. Mirel, Advancing a Vision of Usability. R. Borland, Tales of Brave Ulysses. Appendix: Proposed Research Agenda for Technical Communication.

About the author

Barbara Mirel, Rachel Spilka

Summary

This collection offers a broad examination of technical communication as a discipline and a profession, and provides insights on its future directions. Intended for students, scholars, and practitioners in technical communication and education.

Product details

• Assisted by: Barbara Mirel (Editor), Mirel Barbara (Editor), Rachel Spilka (Editor), Spilka Rachel (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9780805835175
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3517-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Technology: general issues, Language teaching & learning material & coursework, Communication Studies, Language teaching and learning material and coursework, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General