Communication Design Quarterly Sep 2012 Open Access

Telling the future of information design

George F. Hayhoe Mercer University

Abstract

Ask 10 technical communicators to define information design, and you're likely to get as many very different answers (Redish, 2000). Despite the variety, however, I think that most definitions of information design correspond more or less to one of the following approaches.

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Communication Design Quarterly
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2012-09-01
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10.1145/2448917.2448922
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Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Kiwanuka-Tondo et al. (2017)
    Localizing complex scientific communication: a SWOT analysis and multi-sectoral…
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  2. Hayhoe (2015)
    Boom, Bust, and Beyond: My Experience as a Technical Communicator
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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  2. Albers M. J. & Mazur B. (2003). Content and Complexity: Information Design in Technical Communication. Mahwah…
  3. Ellmer B. & Lewanski A. (2010). Recommendations for the Mercer University MSTCO Program: Research Report on t…
  4. Jacobson R. ed. (1999). Information Design. Cambridge: MIT Press. Jacobson R. ed. (1999). Information Design…
  5. Redish J. C. (2000)
    What Is Information Design
    Technical Communication
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