Rewriting Work (Paperback)

Lora Anderson

ISBN 10: 1646426169 / ISBN 13: 9781646426164

Editore: University Press of Colorado, Colorado, 2024

Paperback. Because of its centrality to the professional identity of any communications-focused discipline, the workplace has for decades been a focus of practice and scholarship in technical and professional communication. The contributors to Rewriting Workexamine workplace writing through the lenses of identity and changing communication practices, arguing that place can be viewed as a productive frame for understanding how technical and professional communication has changed over the last two decades. The result is a timely set of chapters that approach workplace writing through two key questions: How do we fit in? How do we adapt? The answers to these questions provide insights into the primary factors that have shaped the practices and identities of technical and professional communicators in the 21st century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781646426164

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Because of its centrality to the professional identity of any communications-focused discipline, the workplace has for decades been a focus of practice and scholarship in technical and professional communication. The contributors to Rewriting Workexamine workplace writing through the lenses of identity and changing communication practices, arguing that place can be viewed as a productive frame for understanding how technical and professional communication has changed over the last two decades. The result is a timely set of chapters that approach workplace writing through two key questions: How do we fit in? How do we adapt? The answers to these questions provide insights into the primary factors that have shaped the practices and identities of technical and professional communicators in the 21st century.

Informazioni sull?autore: Lora Anderson is Associate Professor in technical and professional writing at the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on technical communication pedagogy and medical rhetoric. Her book Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes was published in 2017. She is also a co-editor of the 2023 edited collection Ohio under COVID published by the University of Michigan Press.

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Titolo: Rewriting Work (Paperback)
Casa editrice: University Press of Colorado, Colorado
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Paperback
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