Critiquing Critiques

Journal of Business and Technical Communication Apr 2008

Deanna P. Dannels North Carolina State University ; Kelly Norris Martin North Carolina State University

Abstract

In the discipline of design, the most common presentation genre is the critique, and the most central aspect of this genre is the feedback. Using a qualitative framework, this article identifies a typology of feedback, compares the frequencies of feedback types between different levels of design studios ranging from novice to expert, and explores what the feedback reflects about the social and educational context of these design studios. Results suggest that the feedback socialized students into egalitarian relationships and autonomous decision-making identities that were perhaps more reflective of academic developmental stages or idealized workplace contexts than of actual professional settings—therefore potentially complicating the preprofessional goals of the critique.

Journal: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published: 2008-04-01
DOI: 10.1177/1050651907311923
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality multilingual writers

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