Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis for Technical Communication Research

G. Edzordzi Agbozo University of North Carolina Wilmington

Abstract

I propose Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) as an approach for understanding the discursive and material implications of technical documents in distant sites. I provide a historical vignette of MCDA and exemplify how technical and professional communication (TPC) researchers can critically engage with distant sites through MCDA by analyzing materials about GhanaPostGPS, a geolocation technology. I conclude by discussing limitations of MCDA – access to archives – and propose the creation of crowdsourced technical documentation archives.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2023-10-02
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2022.2144950
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