Critical Power Tools: Technical Communication and Cultural Studies

ISBN-13: 9780791467763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 306 str.

J. Blake Scott; Bernadette Longo; Katherine V. Wills

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The first book to focus on the intersection of cultural studies and technical communication, Critical Power Tools draws on various traditions of cultural studies to develop new or expanded theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to technical communication. Offered as a sourcebook for the field, the book is organized into three parts. The first section, emphasizing theory building, reconceptualizes key concepts or practices, such as usability, through a cultural studies lens. The second section illustrates alternative research methods through several case studies. The third section offers critical and productive pedagogical approaches, including specific assignments, applicable to both undergraduate and graduate courses.