Humanistic communication in information centric workplaces

Communication Design Quarterly Feb 2020

Humanistic communication in information centric workplaces

Nupoor Ranade ; Jason Swarts

Abstract

Professional writers adapt their skills to suit expanded professional roles that involve production and management of information, but preparation through mere skill-based training is problematic because that communication work is messy in ways that are not addressable through simple skills training. We must understand how skills "influence and shape the discursive activities surrounding their use" (Selber, 1994). This paper reports the results of a study of people trained in humanities disciplines like communication, English, writing studies, technical communication, etc., on how they have found means to employ their training in their workplace and keep what is humanistic about writing and communicating at the foreground of their interactions with information technologies. Instead of focusing on technology alone, this research encourages a unified approach to preparing students for the workplace.

Journal: Communication Design Quarterly
Published: 2020-02-13
DOI: 10.1145/3363790.3363792
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Topics: technical communication

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