Wysocki et al. – Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition

Wysocki, Anne Frances et al. Writing New Media : Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State University Press, 2004. Print. Opening New Media to Writing: Openings and Justifications (Wysocki) W. references Bolter and Kress early on in this first chapter to point out the fact that writing is always changing; however, today, writing’s “material practice” is changing in fairly quick and momentous ways. ... Read More

Johnson-Eilola – Wild Technologies: Computer Use and Social Possiblity

Johnson-Eilola, Johndan. “Wild Technologies:  Computer Use and Social Possibility.” Computers and Technical Communication:  Pedagogical and Programmatic Perspectives. Ed. Selber, Stuart A. Greenwich, CT: Ablex, 1997. 75-96. Print. JE begins by acknowledging an apparent contradiction in TC work:  good technical communication means rendering the technology and the communication invisible (97).  He also acknowledges that the ways that... Read More

CCR760 – Usability Readings – Just Notes

Kim, Loel, et al. “Keeping Users at the Center: Developing a Multimedia Interface for Informed Consent.” Technical Communication QuarterlyCommunication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. 17.3 (2008): 335-357. In this article the authors document their process of creating a user-centered design to develop online support for informed consent in pediatric research trials.  To achieve this, the authors had to discover solutions... Read More

CCR760 – Datacloud – My Indictment: Dug the Book, What About that Broader Context?

I found this text to be interesting and a bit disconnected.  I think that J.E. is grappling with similar themes that have been brought up by other theorists in the past couple of years; most notably, I see the work of articulation as a response to complexity and the multiple enacted subjectivities of the postmodern object.  J.E. says as much in his book; however, I think had he worked closer with some Actor-Network theorists like John Law and Bruno... Read More

CCR760 – Miller, Rutter, Sullivan, Lay, Slack et. al.

Readings from Johnson-Eilola and Selber’s Central Works in Technical Communication Miller, C.  (1979, 2004).  A humanistic rationale for technical communication.  47-54. Rutter, R. (1991, 2004). History, rhetoric, & humanism:  Toward a more comprehensive definition of technical communication.  20-34. Sullivan, D.L. (1990, 2004).  Political-ethical implications of defining technical communication as a practice. 211-219. Lay,... Read More