Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jan 2009

The Public Presentation of a Hybrid Science: Scientific and Technical Communication in “Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government” (2002)

Keisha McKenzie

Abstract

A recent British national intelligence-based Assessment (2002) illustrates how one government agency communicated science to serve its policy goals. This article analyzes some of the values that drive science, public policy, and national intelligence, and traces how those values affected the Assessment writers' goals and communication strategies. Through close reading of the Assessment's foreword and first section, this study shows how the writers shaped scientific and technical information to satisfy their disciplines' values and to naturalize their “proper perspective” on the policy case. Further analysis of similar documents will extend current research on scientific rhetoric, multidisciplinary collaborative writing, and public communication.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
2009-01-01
DOI
10.2190/tw.39.1.b
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication race and writing multilingual writers affect and writing

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