Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2014

Coordinating Constant Invention: Social Media's Role in Distributed Work

Stacey Pigg University of Central Florida

Abstract

Cultural shifts in technology and organizational structure are affecting the embodied practice of symbolic-analytic work, creating the need for more fine-grained tracings of everyday activity. Drawing on interviews and observations, this article explores how one freelance professional communicator's social media use is intertwined with inventive social coordination. Networked writing environments help symbolic analysts gain access to communities of practice, maintain a presence within them, and leverage social norms to circulate texts through them.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2014-04-01
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10.1080/10572252.2013.796545
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