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Author:   Barbara Mirel ,  Rachel Spilka ,  Barbara Mirel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780805835175

ISBN 10:   0805835172
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   01 June 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: J. Redish, Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Revising Industry and Academia: Cultures and Relationships.R.S. Dicks, Cultural Impediments to Understanding: Are They Surmountable? D. Bosley, Jumping off the Ivory Tower: Changing the Academic Perspective. A.M. Blakeslee, Researching a Common Ground: Exploring the Space Where Academic and Workplace Cultures Meet. A. Paré, Keeping Writing in Its Place: A Participatory Action Approach to Workplace Communication. S.A. Bernhardt, Active-Practice: Creating Productive Tension Between Academia and Industry. Part II: Re-Envisioning the Profession.R. Spilka, Becoming a Profession. K. Schriver, Taking Our Stakeholders Seriously: Re-Imagining the Dissemination of Research in Information Design. B. Faber, J. Johnson-Eilola, Migrations: Strategic Thinking About the Future(s) of Technical Communication. L. Anschuetz, S. Rosenbaum, Expanding Roles for Technical Communicators. B. Mirel, Advancing a Vision of Usability. R. Borland, Tales of Brave Ulysses. Appendix: Proposed Research Agenda for Technical Communication.

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"""Many thanks to Mirel and Spilka--and to the authors represented in their volume--for an enlightening and fascinating look into the future of technical communication. They provide an experience in which both academics and practitioners can find though-provoking data to help them shape the direction and grasp the challenges that face technical communication in the 21st century."" —Technical Communication ""Reshaping Technical Communication: New Directions and Challenges for the 21st Century provides us with insights on many aspects of the past, present, and future relationship between academia and industry and sparks a very interesting discussion of future trends for technical communicators."" —Janice Redish From the Foreword"

Many thanks to Mirel and Spilka--and to the authors represented in their volume--for an enlightening and fascinating look into the future of technical communication. They provide an experience in which both academics and practitioners can find though-provoking data to help them shape the direction and grasp the challenges that face technical communication in the 21st century. -Technical Communication Reshaping Technical Communication: New Directions and Challenges for the 21st Century provides us with insights on many aspects of the past, present, and future relationship between academia and industry and sparks a very interesting discussion of future trends for technical communicators. -Janice Redish From the Foreword

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