Reshaping Technical Communication

Author : Barbara Mirel,Rachel Spilka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135660604

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This anthology brings together voices from industry and academia in a call for elevating the status, identity, value, and influence of technical communicators. Editors Barbara Mirel and Rachel Spilka assert that technical communicators must depart from their traditional roles, moving instead in a more influential and expansive direction. To help readers explore the possibilities, contributions from innovative thinkers and leaders in technical communication propose ways to redefine the field's identity and purposes and to expand the parameters of its work. The chapters included here all point toward new directions for greater growth and influence of the field. Contributors depart from traditional ideas and solutions and discuss new and in some cases radical points, provoking further thought and discussion. Its exploration of fresh territory uncovers new research topics and directions, and provides an examination of both internal, industry-academia relationships and external relationships between technical communicators and other professionals. In its entirety, this collection represents an inclusive vision for the future, targeting such wide-ranging issues as creating effective professional organizations, disseminating research to diverse audiences, transitioning to more influential job roles, exerting leadership in usability, and creating hybrid identities and collaborative programs between industry and academic to support them. The diverse voices from industry and academia will inspire readers to think differently about the discipline's identity and direction, and to build on the ideas they find herein to effect change within their own spheres. As required reading for academics and professionals in technical communication, this collection is a critical step in reshaping and reinvigorating the technical communication field to ensure its survival and growth in the 21st century.

Author : Rachel Spilka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135236762

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Digital Literacy for Technical Communication by Rachel Spilka Pdf

Digital Literacy for Technical Communication helps technical communicators make better sense of technology’s impact on their work, so they can identify new ways to adapt, adjust, and evolve, fulfilling their own professional potential. This collection is comprised of three sections, each designed to explore answers to these questions: How has technical communication work changed in response to the current (digital) writing environment? What is important, foundational knowledge in our field that all technical communicators need to learn? How can we revise past theories or develop new ones to better understand how technology has transformed our work? Bringing together highly-regarded specialists in digital literacy, this anthology will serve as an indispensible resource for scholars, students, and practitioners. It illuminates technology’s impact on their work and prepares them to respond to the constant changes and challenges in the new digital universe.

Author : Barbara Mirel,Rachel Spilka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135660611

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Reshaping Technical Communication by Barbara Mirel,Rachel Spilka Pdf

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.

Author : Paschal Preston
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0803985630

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Reshaping Communications by Paschal Preston Pdf

Thirty years ago, one writer complained that 'to admire technology is all out of fashion'. Today excited claims are made for the impact that these technologies are having on social, political and economic life. But how are we to assess these claims? This book critically interrogates many of the prevailing ideas offers a fresh perspective on this new`digital age'. Reshaping Communications: · Provides an alternative and more grounded account of the complex interplay between new technology and information structures and changes in society · Illuminates the fundamental continuities as well as changes in socioeconomic and political processes · Draws on an interdisciplinary perspective and

Author : Paul V. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1285064704

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Technical Communication by Paul V. Anderson Pdf

Author : Albers, Michael J.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466601536

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Human-Information Interaction and Technical Communication: Concepts and Frameworks by Albers, Michael J. Pdf

"This book works to provide practical knowledge based on a sound theoretical foundation for allowing people to engage in a meaningful dialogue as they make decisions with respect to designing that communication"--Provided by publisher.

Author : George F Hayhoe,Michael A. Hughes,George F. Hayhoe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135595517

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A Research Primer for Technical Communication by George F Hayhoe,Michael A. Hughes,George F. Hayhoe Pdf

This practical volume provides a thorough introduction to conducting and critically reading research in technical communication, complete with exemplars of research articles for study. Offering a solid grounding in the research underpinnings of the technical communication field, this resource has been developed for use in master’s level and upper-division undergraduate research methods courses in technical and professional communication.

Author : Yvonne Cleary
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000407389

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The Profession and Practice of Technical Communication by Yvonne Cleary Pdf

Practical, research-based overview of careers in technical communication featuring narratives from working professionals in a range of careers and international contexts Technical communication is a diverse, growing, and rapidly changing field, and an up-to-date guide to careers will be useful for students and junior professionals in the US and Europe Competing books on technical communication careers are outdated and do not include non-US contexts; this book contains current research and practitioner narratives that most closely examine careers as they operate today

Author : Jennifer deWinter,Ryan M. Moeller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317162612

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Computer Games and Technical Communication by Jennifer deWinter,Ryan M. Moeller Pdf

Taking as its point of departure the fundamental observation that games are both technical and symbolic, this collection investigates the multiple intersections between the study of computer games and the discipline of technical and professional writing. Divided into five parts, Computer Games and Technical Communication engages with questions related to workplace communities and gamic simulations; industry documentation; manuals, gameplay, and ethics; training, testing, and number crunching; and the work of games and gamifying work. In that computer games rely on a complex combination of written, verbal, visual, algorithmic, audio, and kinesthetic means to convey information, technical and professional writing scholars are uniquely poised to investigate the intersection between the technical and symbolic aspects of the computer game complex. The contributors to this volume bring to bear the analytic tools of the field to interpret the roles of communication, production, and consumption in this increasingly ubiquitous technical and symbolic medium.

Author : Ray Gallon
Publisher : XML Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781492017240

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The Language of Technical Communication by Ray Gallon Pdf

The Language of Technical Communication has a dual objective: to define the terms that form the core of technical communication as it is practiced today, while predicting where the field will go in the future. The choice of terms defined in this book followed two overarching principles: include all aspects of the discipline of technical communication, not just technical writing, and select terms that will be relevant into the foreseeable future.The Language of Technical Communication is a collaborative effort with fifty-two expert contributors, all known for their depth of knowleEA Digital (delivered electronically)e. You will probably recognize many of their names, and you will probably want to learn more about the ones who are new to you. Each contributed term has a concise definition, an importance statement, and an essay that describes why technical communicators need to know that term. You will find well understood terms, such as content reuse and minimalist design, alongside new terms, such as the Internet of Things and augmented reality. They span the depth and breadth, as well as the past and future, of technical communication.

Author : Society for Technical Communication,Society for Technical Communication. Conference
Publisher : Society for Technical
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1891709178

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Navigating the future of technical communication by Society for Technical Communication,Society for Technical Communication. Conference Pdf

Author : Heather Graves,Roger Graves
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781770483385

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A Strategic Guide to Technical Communication - Second Edition (US) by Heather Graves,Roger Graves Pdf

A Strategic Guide to Technical Communication incorporates useful and specific strategies for writers, to enable them to create aesthetically appealing and usable technical documentation. These strategies have been developed and tested on a thousand students from a number of different disciplines over twelve years and three institutions. The second edition adds a chapter on business communication, reworks the discussion on technical style, and expands the information on visual communication and ethics into free-standing chapters. The text is accompanied by a passcode-protected website containing materials for instructors (PowerPoint lectures, lesson plans, sample student work, and helpful links).

Author : Michael H. Markel
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Communication of technical information
ISBN : 0312248903

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Technical Communication by Michael H. Markel Pdf

Author : John M. Lannon,Laura J. Gurak,Don Klepp
Publisher : Pearson Education Canada
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780205990696

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Technical Communications, Sixth Canadian Edition, by John M. Lannon,Laura J. Gurak,Don Klepp Pdf

Note: If you are purchasing an electronic version, MyWritingLab does not come automatically packaged with it. To purchase MyWritingLab, please visit www.mywritinglab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text and MyWritingLab by searching for ISBN 10: 0205991939/ ISBN 13: 9780205991938. Technical Communication continues to be the best selling technical and professional communication studies text in the market. The sixth edition offers new material in response to the rapid changes taking place in communications technology, and looks at how those changes have altered the way that technical communicators complete their tasks. With its focus on practical applications and advice on communications analysis, writing processes, document structures, and effective language, the book functions as a workplace tool that students can use for many years in their career.

Author : Margaret Hundleby,Jo Allen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351845854

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Assessment in Technical and Professional Communication by Margaret Hundleby,Jo Allen Pdf

This collection of essays focuses on both how and why assessment serves as a key element in the teaching and practice of technical and professional communication. The collection is organized to form a dual approach: on the one hand, it offers a landscape view of the activities involved in assessment - examining how it works at institutional, program, and classroom levels; on the other, it surveys the implications of using assessment for formulating, maintaining, and extending the teaching and practice of technical communication. The book offers teachers, students, scholars, and practitioners alike evidence of the increasingly valuable role of assessment in the field, as it supports and enriches our thinking and practice. No other volume has addressed the demands of and the expectations for assessment in technical communication. Consequently, the book has two key goals. The first is to be as inclusive as is feasible for its size, demonstrating the global operation of assessment in the field. For this reason, descriptions of assessment practice lead to examinations of some key feature of the landscape captured by the term 'technical communication'. The second goal is to retain the public and cooperative approach that has characterized technical communication from the beginning. To achieve this, the book represents a 'conversation', with contributors chosen from among practicing, highly active technical communication teachers and scholars; and the chapters set up pairs of opening statement and following response. The overriding purpose of the volume, therefore, is to invite the whole community into the conversation about assessment in technical communication.