User-Centered Technology A Rhetorical Theory for Computers and Other Mundane Artifacts

Name: User-Centered Technology A Rhetorical Theory for Computers and Other Mundane Artifacts
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ISBN: 9780791439326

ISBN-10: 0791439321

ISBN-13: 9780791439326

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert R. Johnson

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Description:

Presents a theoretical model for examining technology through a user perspective.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 10/29/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 195
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Figures


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Situating Technology



Users, Technology, and the Complex(ity) of the Mundane: Some "Out of the Ordinary" Thoughts



Refiguring the End of Technology: Rhetoric and the Complex of Use



Complicating Technology



Not Just for Idiots Anymore: Practice, Production, and Users' Ways of Knowing



Human Factors and the Tech(no)logical: Putting User-Centered Design into Perspective



Sociology, History, and Philosophy: Technological Determinism Along the Disciplinary Divides



Communicating Technology



When All Else Fails, Use the Instructions: Local Knowledge, Negotiation, and the Construction of User-Centered Computer Documentation



Technical Communication, Ethics, Curricula: User-Centered Studies and the Technical Rhetorician


References


Index