Representation in Engineering Practice: A Case Study of Framing in a Student Design Group

Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2017

Representation in Engineering Practice: A Case Study of Framing in a Student Design Group

J. Scott Weedon

Abstract

This article presents a case study using ethnographic and visual methods to investigate the framing activity of engineering students. Findings suggest students use the rhetorical figure of hypotyposis to produce the vivid images needed to frame engineering constraints. Data reveal students multimodally inducing collaboration between group members to construct images as ways to configure engineering constraints. The author argues for the usefulness of hypotyposis for understanding the framing of engineers, technical communicators, and other designers.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2017-10-02
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2017.1382258
Open Access: Closed
Topics: qualitative research multimodality

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