Teaching technical authorship

Jim Henry George Mason University

Abstract

MA students in professional writing and editing researched technical writing in specific workplace cultures. Their research is interpreted in light of recent theory on authorship as a cultural rather than individual phenomenon. Students' constructs for understanding their own writerly selves are discussed, as are constructs that emerged for the interpretations of selves and others in workplace cultures. Teaching technical authorship meant addressing such constructs, implicating issues of status, affect and effect, representation, and expertise.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
1995-06-01
DOI
10.1080/10572259509364601
Open Access
Closed

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  1. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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  3. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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  1. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  2. College Composition and Communication
  3. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  4. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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