Overview

The purpose of this cutting-edge collection of essays is threefold: first, it presents the principles of data collection and interpretation or the methodological distinctions of a particular method appropriate to technical communication research. Second, it discusses the foundational principles of the methodologies given the primary discipline in which they were created and applied. Finally, it reflects upon the process of importing and employing these methodologies into the research field of technical communication, and on how technical communication research has contributed to the development and application of these methodologies. Written by many noted scholars in the field and presenting a wide range of research methods, Research in Technical Communication combines theory and practice. Both technical communicators and industry researchers who want to learn more about workplace research and methodologies will find it invaluable, as will beginning and advanced scholars, who will find much that is useful in its variety of subjects.

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Author:   Laura J. Gurak ,  Mary M. Lay
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781567506655

ISBN 10:   1567506658
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   30 December 2002
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Considering Ethical Issues in Technical Communication Research by Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, Andrea M. Olson, and Andrea Breemer Frantz Ethnographic Research by Susan M. Katz Analyzing Everyday Texts in Organizational Settings by Carol A. Berkenkotter Historical Methods for Technical Communication by Teresa Kynell and Bruce Seely Surveys and Questionnaires by Daniel J. Murphy Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research by Davida Charney Identifying and Accommodating Audiences for Technical and Professional Communication Research by Jo Allen and Sherry Southard Evaluating the Complete User Experience: Dimensions of Usability by Roger A. Grice Feminist Criticism and Technical Communication Research by Mary M. Lay Cultural Studies: An Orientation for Research in Professional Communication by Charlotte Thralls and Nancy Blyler Science and Technology Studies as a Research Method: Toward a Practical Ethics for Technical Writing by John Monberg Technical Communication Research in Cyberspace by Laura J. Gurak and Christine M. Silker Index

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LAURA J. GURAK is Associate Professor and Director of the Internet Studies Center in the Rhetoric Department at the University of Minnesota, where she is also a Faculty Fellow in the Law School. A nationally recognized Internet researcher, she is the author of Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace: The Online Protests over Lotus MarketPlace and the Clipper Chip and Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness. She has also authored two textbooks, edited a collection of essays, and has been published in journals including Technical Communication, Computers and Composition, and Rhetoric Review. MARY M. LAY is Professor of Rhetoric and former Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the co-author of the second edition of Technical Communication, co-editor of Collaborative Writing in Industry: Investigation in Theory and Practice, and author of The Rhetoric of Midwifery: Power, Knowledge, and Gender. She is also co-editor of Technical Communication Quarterly, the official journal of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and past president of that association.

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