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Readings for Technical Communication

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ISBN-10: 0195423224

ISBN-13: 9780195423228

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jennifer MacLennan

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This unique anthology of readings focuses not only on the content and structure of technical writing but also on the political, interpersonal, and ethical demands of writing in a professional workplace. Featuring selections about technical writing along with actual samples of technical writing itself, this volume will provoke thoughtful discussion on issues of credibility, situation, strategy, ethics, and relation.
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Book details

List price: $139.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Thinking about Communication Communicate Well and Prosper
Why Communication Matters
A Whole New Mind for a Flat World
First Flight, Andrea MacKenzie Functional Communication: A Situational Perspective
Communicating Science Communicating Science
Avoid the Technical Talk, Scientists Told
Getting the Story, Telling the Story: The Science of Narrative, the Narrative of Science
Advancing Science Communication
Communicating Science in the Digital Age
Negotiating Organizational Constraints: Tactics for Technical Communicators
The Case for Rhetoric An Engineer's Rhetorical Journey: Personal Reflections
Science and Rhetoric
What Connection Does Rhetorical Theory Have to Technical and Professional Communication?
Classical Rhetoric for the Engineering Student
Aristotle's Rhetoric as a Handbook of Leadership
Are Scientists Rhetors in Disguise? An Analysis of Discursive Processes within Scientific Communities
Observations on Style and Editing Effective Writing
Getting It Together: Strategies for Writing
Voices to Shun: Typical Modes of Bad Writing
Situational Editing: A Rhetorical Approach for the Technical Editor
Escape from the Grammar Trap
Sense and Nonsense about Grammar
Perspectives on Audience and Context Making Them an Offer They Can't Refuse: How to Appeal to an Audience
Bridging Gaps, Engineering Audiences: Understanding the Communicative Situation
Communicating with Non-Technical Audiences: How Much Do They Know?
Three Tricky Relationships to an Audience
What's Practical About Technical Writing
These Minutes Took 22 Hours: The Rhetorical Situation of the Meeting
Language The Language of Science: Its Simplicity, Beauty, and Humor, Anatol Rapoport Digitariat
Politics and the English Language
The World of Doublespeak
Bafflegab and Gobbledygook: How Canadians Use English to Rant, to Lie, to Cheat, to Cover up Truth, and to Peddle Bafflegab
Gasping for Words
What Do You Mean I Can't Call Myself a Software Engineer, John
Speed Disciplinarity, Identity, and the 'Profession' of Rhetoric
Part 7: Ethical and Political Constraints Communicating Ethically, Jennifer MacLennan Ethos: Character and Ethics in Technical Writing
Between Efficiency and Politics: Rhetoric and Ethics in Technical Writing
Developing Ethical Decision-Making Skills: How Textbooks Fail Students
Part 8: Communication in a Technological Society Thinking about Technology, George Grant Motorcar: The Mechanical Bride
Verbal Text: Electronic Communication in the Information Age
The Perils of PowerPoint
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