Search Results - "Technical communication (Washington)"

Technologies of Disenfranchisement: Literacy Tests and Black Voters in the US from 1890 to 1965 by Jones, Natasha N., Williams, Miriam F.

“…Purpose: Largely due to the latest presidential election in the U. S., voting interference and voting technologies have come to the fore of national debates…”
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Designing Outrage, Programming Discord: A Critical Interface Analysis of Facebook as a Campaign Technology by Sano-Franchini

“…Purpose: Facebook is a place where political candidates actively advertise and campaign, and where a large population of citizens share and interact with…”
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The Evolution of Technical Communication: An Analysis of Industry Job Postings by Brumberger, Eva, Lauer, Claire

“…Purpose: This article extends earlier studies examining the core competencies of technical communicators. Our project updates these previous perspectives by…”
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The Methodology of Participatory Design by Spinuzzi, Clay

“…Technical communicators have lately become interested in participatory design as a way to structure and guide their research and development efforts,…”
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Technical Communication as User Experience in a Broadening Industry Landscape by Lauer, Claire, Brumberger, Eva

“…Purpose: Based on an analysis of 502 industry job postings, this article argues that technical communication work shares traits and competencies with the field…”
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The Re-Emergence of Emotional Appeals in Interactive Data Visualization by Kostelnick, Charles

“…Purpose: I argue that emotional appeals, prevalent in charts and graphs during the later nineteenth century but largely dormant since then, have rapidly…”
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Localizing Communities, Goals, Communication, and Inclusion: A Collaborative Approach by Shivers-McNair, Ann, San Diego, Clarissa

“…Purpose: The authors, one a researcher and one an international community strategy practitioner, illustrate community strategy work as a multi-faceted…”
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YouTube Beauty Tutorials as Technical Communication by Chong, Felicia

“…Purpose: With the increasing popularity of YouTube beauty videos, this study extends previous research on YouTube instructional videos by investigating the…”
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Election Technologies, Technical Communication, and Civic Engagement by Dorpenyo, Isidore, Agboka, Godwin

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Eight Guidelines for the Design of Instructional Videos for Software Training by van der Meij, Hans, van der Meij, Jan

“…Purpose: Video has become a popular means for delivering "how to" information about a wide variety of software tasks. With video rapidly becoming a major…”
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Like It or Not. What Characterizes YouTube's More Popular Instructional Videos? by ten Hove, Petra, van der Meij, Hans

“…Purpose: There is a tremendous growth in the production of instructional videos. This study investigates whether popular YouTube instructional videos for…”
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"All Vietnamese Men Are Brothers": Rhetorical Strategies and Community Engagement Practices Used to Support Victims of Agent Orange by Walton, Rebecca, Hopton, Sarah Beth

“…Purpose: This article reports communication strategies used by a Vietnamese nonprofit organization to cultivate community engagement. One purpose is to convey…”
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Interactivity in an Age of Immersive Media: Seven Dimensions for Wearable Technology, Internet of Things, and Technical Communication by Tham, Jason Chew Kit

“…Purpose: Interactivity in virtual environments has been a key area of investigation in fields ranging from technical to creative sectors. Scholars find a…”
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Toward Understanding Important Workplace Issues for Technical Communicators by Lanier, Clinton R.

“…Purpose: This article surveyed technical communication professionals to find out what issues they believed were the most important of the past five years in…”
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Novice Engineers and Project Management Communication in the Workplace by Wisniewski, Elaine C.

“…Purpose: This mixed-methods case study identified workplace communication practices of novice engineers and the perceptions of their managers. Method: The…”
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Converging Fields, Expanding Outcomes: Technical Communication, Translation, and Design at a Non-profit Organization by Gonzales, Laura, Turner, Heather Noel

“…Purpose: The purpose of this article is to illustrate how processes of translation, technical communication, and design converge in the development and…”
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Localizing User Experience: Strategies, Practices, and Techniques for Culturally Sensitive Design by Sun, Huatong, Getto, Guiseppe

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Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Practice with Videos for Software Training by Van Der Meij, Hans

“…Purpose: Software makers nowadays regularly post videos on their websites to satisfy their clients' need for instructional support. Some of these designs…”
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Translation as a User-Localization Practice by Gonzales, Laura, Zantjer, Rebecca

“…Purpose: This article presents translation as a user-localized activity. Using Sun's (2012) distinction between user and practitioner localization, the…”
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Reflections on Research: Examining Practitioner Perspectives on the State of Research in Technical Communication by St.Amant, Kirk, Meloncon, Lisa

“…Purpose: While research is an important to both academics and practitioners alike, it seems the field is currently at an impasse about what constitutes…”
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