Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 2024

Introduction to Special Issue: Educating Global Communicators: How Communication Scholars Create Value in Challenging Environments

Sky Marsen Flinders University ; Donald Matheson University of Canterbury

Abstract

This paper introduces the concerns of the papers in the Special Issue and examines communication as a chameleon discipline that responds and adapts to sometimes very challenging contexts. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the diversity of approaches that exist in communication studies and shows how this diversity offers both opportunities to be resourceful and hurdles to be managed. The paper reflects on the definitional ambiguity of communication and the ways that communication is perceived and approached in different institutions globally. Its aim is to forge a way through debates about the nature of the field by paying attention to the responsiveness and adaptability of those who teach communication in the face of educational and political change.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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2024-04-01
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10.1177/00472816231187356
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