IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 2000

Communication channels used by technical writers throughout the documentation process

L. McGee

Abstract

Focuses on communication channels (or media) that technical writers uses to obtain and verify information and their reasons for selecting them. The author analyzes data from a survey of 30 technical communicators who responded to an e-mail questionnaire.

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
2000-03-01
DOI
10.1109/47.826415
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Open Access
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Topics
technical communication digital rhetoric
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