Reading Lasswell's model of communication backward: Three scholarly misconceptions
The year 2015 marks the 75th anniversary of the first known reference to Harold D.
Lasswell's model of communication in 1940. In recognition of this milestone, this paper …
Lasswell's model of communication in 1940. In recognition of this milestone, this paper …
Reconsidering power and legitimacy in technical communication: A case for enlarging the definition of technical communicator
This article considers how issues of power and legitimacy in technical communication are
connected to clearly defining what a technical communicator does. An articulation of what …
connected to clearly defining what a technical communicator does. An articulation of what …
Coordinating constant invention: Social media's role in distributed work
S Pigg - Technical Communication Quarterly, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Cultural shifts in technology and organizational structure are affecting the embodied practice
of symbolic-analytic work, creating the need for more fine-grained tracings of everyday …
of symbolic-analytic work, creating the need for more fine-grained tracings of everyday …
Rhetorical work in the age of content management: Implications for the field of technical communication
R Andersen - Journal of Business and Technical …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing on a survey of the content management (CM) discourse, the author highlights CM
trends and articulates best practices in content strategy that CM thought leaders are helping …
trends and articulates best practices in content strategy that CM thought leaders are helping …
Power and communication in worker cooperatives: An overview
AC Edenfield - Journal of Technical Writing and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Technical communication research has critically engaged with organizational trends toward
flattened organizations like networks, horizontal arrangements, and adhocracies …
flattened organizations like networks, horizontal arrangements, and adhocracies …
Rhetorical action in professional space: Information architecture as critical practice
MJ Salvo - Journal of Business and Technical …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
This article focuses on information architecture as a site for developing critical practice for
technical communication. Such a focus suggests methods for rhetorical intervention aimed …
technical communication. Such a focus suggests methods for rhetorical intervention aimed …
The technical communicator as (post-postmodern) discourse worker
This article reexamines Henry's 2006 proposal for training technical communicators as
“discourse workers,” as a solution within a certain postmodern problematic, in which …
“discourse workers,” as a solution within a certain postmodern problematic, in which …
Indigenous contexts, new questions
Our technical communication program plans to start a certificate program in energy industry
writing. The decision was motivated by two overarching considerations: ethics and industry …
writing. The decision was motivated by two overarching considerations: ethics and industry …
Networking in a field of introverts: The egonets, networking practices, and networking technologies of technical communication entrepreneurs
Research problem: Although labor statistics document a steady rise in contract, contingent,
and entrepreneurial labor, knowledge about the professional communication practices that …
and entrepreneurial labor, knowledge about the professional communication practices that …
Positioning technical communication for the creative economy
LK Bekins, SD Williams - Technical Communication, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Although technical communication has traditionally positioned itself as a “service
profession,” the work technical communicators actually do more closely resembles the …
profession,” the work technical communicators actually do more closely resembles the …