Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 2022

Intercultural Communication: Providing a Working Definition of Culture and Reexamining Intercultural Components in Technical Writing Textbooks

Katie Rieger Oklahoma State University

Abstract

This article presents a reexamination of intercultural components in prominent, recent technical professional communication textbooks. This examination reveals the need for the technical professional communication field to establish a dynamic definition of culture as well as presents a possible definition, presents areas where textbooks have addressed previous scholars’ concerns as well as areas that could still use improvement and may require instructors to add supplemental instruction, and presents considerations for instructors when incorporating intercultural component elements into their courses.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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2022-04-01
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10.1177/0047281620981565
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