Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 1996

Computer Interfaces and Visual Rhetoric: Looking at the Technology

Janice Tovey

Abstract

This article extends the discussion of visual hetoric to the writing spaces and iconic representations of computer interfaces. An examination of the interfaces of a word-processing and a page layout program for desktop publishing reveals the visual nature of the interface. This visual writing space, different from the blank piece of paper, can encourage and foster a writer's consideration of options for integrating visual and verbal elements into a text.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
1996-01-01
DOI
10.1207/s15427625tcq0501_4
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rhetorical criticism digital rhetoric multimodality
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