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CCR691 – Final Project – Spinuzzi – TEXTS

Posted by justin on November 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Spinuzzi, Clay. “TEXTS OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL LIVES: Accessibility Scans and Institutional Activity: An Activity Theory Analysis.” College English 10.2 (2007): 189-201. Print. Spinuzzi defines “web accessibility” as “the ability for any user to read and understand a website with appropriate adaptive technology If a user is visually imparied, for instance, she or he should still be able to ‘read’ the site by listening to a... Read More

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CCR691 – Final Project – Rivers

Posted by justin on November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Rivers, Nathaniel A. “Some Assembly Required: The Latourian Collective and the Banal Work of Technical and Professional Communication.” Journal of Technical Writing & Communication 38 3 (2008): 189-206. Print. Rivers wants to address how collecting technologies into temporary and permanent strucutres to address the common world for the common good. For Rivers, this should be the goal that technical and professional communicators... Read More

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Network – Spinuzzi

Posted by justin on October 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Spinuzzi, Clay. Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Communications. New York: Cambridge UP, 2008. Chapter One: Networks, Genres, and Four Little Disruptions In this introductory chapter Spinuzzi does a lot of definitional work in order to inform the rest of his study. S. is an activity theory researcher at heart; however, he also sees that AT has severely limited itself. To understand and work past these limitations, Spinuzzi recommends... Read More

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