Busting the Myth of the Communication Metaphor - How Technical Writing Conventions Perpetuate Injustice

Traces the linguistic, rhetorical, historical, cultural, and economic origins of our most basic beliefs and practices for successful technical writing to initiate a reckoning about who they serve and who they harm.

About the author

Sarah Read is Associate Professor of English and Director of Professional and Technical Writing at Portland State University.

Product details

• Authors: Read Sarah
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9798855802894
• ISBN: 979-8-8558-0289-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: 21 figures, 8 tables, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss, Zahlen
• Series: SUNY series, Studies in Technical Communication
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Linguistics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, COMPUTERS / Documentation & Technical Writing, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical Writing, Technology: general issues, Business communication & presentation, Information technology: general issues, Business communication and presentation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Business Aspects, Information technology: general topics, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade