This important new text invites readers to step back from their busy professional lives and look at technical communication philosophically, to ask fundamental questions such as what does it mean to communicate? and how do language and graphics - the ""signs"" or ""tools"" of the technical communica
Communicating race, ethnicity, and identity in technical communication
โ Scribed by Pimentel, Octavio;Williams, Miriam F
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 190
- Series
- Baywood's technical communications series
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Section I. Historical representations of race and nationality in health and science communication -- section II. Social justice and activism in technical communication -- section III. Contemporary representations of race and ethnicity on social networking sites -- section IV. Reporting technical communication at historically black colleges and universities -- section V. Users' right to their own language -- section VI. Communicating identity across borders, cultures, and disciplines.
โฆ Table of Contents
Section I. Historical representations of race and nationality in health and science communication --
section II. Social justice and activism in technical communication --
section III. Contemporary representations of race and ethnicity on social networking sites --
section IV. Reporting technical communication at historically black colleges and universities --
section V. Users' right to their own language --
section VI. Communicating identity across borders, cultures, and disciplines.
โฆ Subjects
Business communication--Social aspects;Communication of technical information--Social aspects;Cross-cultural orientation--Social aspects;Intercultural communication--Social aspects;Sociolinguistics;Electronic books;Intercultural communication -- Social aspects;Business communication -- Social aspects;Cross-cultural orientation -- Social aspects;Communication of technical information -- Social aspects
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