Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1994

Toward Technical Authorship

Jim Henry George Mason University

Abstract

Recent theory views technical communication not as a “transmission” of a message from sender to receiver but as a complex process involving an articulation of meanings, in which the technical communicator serves as a mediator. Ethnographies composed by practicing technical communicators demonstrate ways in which this mediation takes place. As such, the mediation casts the work of technical communicators in new light, allowing us to understand their work as “authorship.” This article draws upon practitioner research to present some of the facets of such authorship.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
1994-10-01
DOI
10.2190/gh8h-h8bl-nwkq-0k4d
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication

Citation Context

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