Technical Communication
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Beschreibung
Proven advice for an evolving field Technical Communication prepares you to be a strong technical writer outside the classroom, giving you the tools to adapt to changing professional contexts. Full of clear, practical advice and real-world examples, the thirteenth edition shines a light on the challenges of writing in different contexts across a variety of media and clearly connects best practices with emerging approaches. With Technical Communication, you will be ready to communicate effectively and responsibly in a technologically saturated world. New for this edition: • New Strategies for Online Communication boxes explore how issues of digital communication are handled by workplace professionals. • New coverage of nontraditional resumes and online interviews to support you in making successful applications • A heightened focus on the relationship between print and digital provides you with the frameworks and support you need to read, conceive, and create content across mediums and platforms.
Technical Communication prepares students to make the leap from writing in college to writing in a variety of workplace settings and contexts. Full of clear, practical advice and real-world examples from a range of sources, the text gives students practice with the kinds of writing processes and products they’ll encounter on the job. The new edition shines a light on the challenges of writing in a variety of contexts across a variety of media and continues to provide thorough guidance with new examples that prepare students to become effective, responsible communicators in a technologically saturated world.
- A consistent focus on audience and purpose teaches students to apply the principles of technical communication and adapt effectively to every writing situation and genre. Integrated advice and strategies for intercultural communication help writers meet the needs of diverse audiences.
- Real-world sample documents are drawn from a range of disciplines and topics relevant to technical communication—from healthcare to marketing to engineering—as well as a wide range of print and digital sources.
- The sample proposal, progress report, and recommendations report work together as a sequence to demonstrate the variety of documents that can be involved in a single large project.
- The student-friendly design serves as a model of the book’s own advice, with helpful checklists, annotated visual examples, easy-to-reference guidelines, and easy-to-follow cross-references in the margins.
- Ethics Notes in every chapter remind students to consider the ethical implications of various writing situations and choices, always encouraging the highest standards of professionalism.
- Tech Tips take a rhetorical approach to using technology, explaining why and how to use widely available digital tools for common writing tasks, such as reviewing edits, formatting documents, and creating charts.
- Opportunities for practice in every chapter include Document Analysis Activities, Exercises, and Cases, which get students working on real-world documents in the context of workplace scenarios.
- New Strategies for Online Communication boxes explore how issues of digital communication are handled by workplace professionals.
- New coverage of nontraditional resumes and online interviews to support you in making successful applications
- A heightened focus on the relationship between print and digital provides you with the frameworks and support you need to read, conceive, and create content across mediums and platforms.
- New samples and examples throughout the text provide up-to-date models and opportunities for students to analyze real-world technical communication from a variety of contexts, such as comparison-based data visualizations and a video-based tutorial.
Students taking Business or Technical Writing courses
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Mike Markel
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