Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jul 2024

Toward TPC-UX: UX Topics in TPC Journals 2013–2022

Paul Thompson Hunter Purdue University West Lafayette

Abstract

This article offers a content analysis of technical and professional communication articles related to user experience (TPC-UX) published between 2013 and 2022 in six TPC scholarly journals. This analysis reveals that TPC-UX primarily focuses on product and process topics and illustrates the terminological comingling of user experience and usability. Specific TPC-UX topics identified include theory, multimodality, health and medicine, localization, web design, mobile applications, accessibility, and content strategy. These topics suggest that TPC-UX's key affordances are its attunement to networked power dynamics, its theoretically rich treatment of multimodality, and its strategies for navigating contextual complexities.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
2024-07-01
DOI
10.1177/00472816231191998
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technical communication professional writing multimodality
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