When teaching important topics like sexual violence prevention, many of the organizations we interact with seek outside groups to teach sexual violence prevention techniques like risk reduction and bystander programs …
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In writing The Technical Communicator as Advocate: Integrating a Social Justice Approach in Technical Communication, Natasha N. Jones challenges the field of technical and professional communication and its respective practice. …
Isidore Dorpenyo in Room 42. Season 2, Episode 22. May 11, 2022.
The popularity of telecommuting has created a tremendous amount of interest amongst scholars and practitioners. The authors Allen, Golden, and Shockley shared their findings in a review of various telecommuting …
A collaborative effort between researchers at the Knowledge Construction Lab Leibniz-Institut fuer Wissensmedien and the Department of Psychology at Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany, explore the possibility of using narrative …
Many software and tech companies are now including terms like “diversity,” and “inclusivity,” within their organization´s statement of purpose or company goals. However, does this mean that companies are genuinely …
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Conveying the importance of design quality and interpretation through health communication tools When disseminating information through vehicles such as documents for health communication, the quality of design is inherently of …
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The Deficiencies of Technical Terminology If you are multilingual or perhaps even an English speaker with another linguistic repertoire of the English language such as British, Australian, Canadian, or Indian, …
Humans should write for humans One of the most important aspects of technical communication is clarity, or, more specifically , “Will my audience understand what I’m saying here?” We serve …
Why social justice is important to technical communication There’s no better place to view the future of technical communication than our undergraduate and graduate students. After all, these are the …
Technical Communication as a Community Have you ever wondered why it’s easier to communicate with those that use similar technologies to your own? At first you probably think it’s because …
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Unfair Treatment of Oppressed Groups While technical and professional communication (TPC) has traditionally been reputed for using fair, objective, and neutral forms of communication, a new movement is emerging that …
