Video Games as Technical Communication Ecology

Julia Mason Florida Atlantic University

Abstract

With an ecological approach to the genres that circulate within communities of practice, this article traces the overlap between technical communication and online gaming communities in terms of their rhetorical uses of technical communication genres. Through shared practices, technologies, and epistemologies, online gaming environments call upon gamers to become technical communicators and provide opportunities for technical communicators to apply their expertise within the gaming industry.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2013-07-01
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2013.760062
Open Access
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