Journal of Business and Technical Communication Oct 2017

The Professional Work of “Unprofessional” Tweets

Douglas M. Walls North Carolina State University

Abstract

This article examines the tactical online rhetorical choices of a young African American professional communicator, Gina. Drawing on situated analysis to show how Gina engaged with her African American Hush Harbor (AAHH) of young professionals online, the author argues that Gina used Twitter to maintain professional network ties in her AAHH community while resisting organizational discourses of surveillance. The author further argues that analyzing particular choices in boundaryless career situations allows us to see important nontask-based professional writing activity.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2017-10-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651917713195
Open Access
Closed
Topics
social media professional writing

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