IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Jan 1997

Digital architectures: a rhetoric of electronic document structures

G. Heba

Abstract

As multimedia communication continues to grow, online technologies have dramatically changed the ways we use and present information-so much so, that we need new theories and models for understanding how technology and content are related in the new communication environment. The paper presents a theory of digital architecture, explains how SGML, HTML, and information architectures are related in the creation of a new online literacy and rhetoric, and discusses concepts, skills, and resources needed for educating tomorrow's technical communicators.

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1997-01-01
DOI
10.1109/47.650005
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Open Access
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rhetorical criticism technical communication literacy studies
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