Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2023

Making a Case for Political Technical Communication (Pxtc)

Ryan Cheek Missouri University of Science and Technology

Abstract

In this article, I argue that the accelerated adoption of political technology during the COVID-19 pandemic evinces exigency for a rhetorically grounded framework to teach, research, and practice political technical communication (PxTC) as a sub-discipline. As a starting point, I use a rhetorical genre studies approach to identify political social actions that separate political communication technologies into four distinct genres: election, electioneering, constituent services, and punditry.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2023-04-03
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2022.2079726
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication

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