W. John Coletta

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University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point ORCID: 0000-0003-4570-9008
Affiliations: University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (1)

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W. John Coletta's work travels primarily in Technical Communication (75% of indexed citations) · 4 total indexed citations from 2 clusters.

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  1. Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 1992
    The ideologically biased use of language in scientific and technical writing ↗
    W. John Coletta
    Abstract

    Ideological questions (that is, theoretical questions about the way in which language shapes our perceptions) are often ignored in technical writing classes. This essay explores how conventional classroom approaches to the discussion of the organization and theory of information can be expanded rather easily into full‐scale explorations of the ideology of the language of scientific and technical writing. Technical descriptions from biology, engineering, and physics are used to provide hands‐on examples of this ideological approach.

    writing pedagogy technical communication
    📍 University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
    doi:10.1080/10572259209359491