Rhetoric, Innovation, Technology: Case Studies of Technical Communication in Technology Transfer (repost)
Rhetoric, Innovation, Technology: Case Studies of Technical Communication in Technology Transfer By Stephen Doheny-Farina
Publisher: The M I T Press 1992 | 295 Pages | ISBN: 0262041294 | PDF | 7 MB
Publisher: The M I T Press 1992 | 295 Pages | ISBN: 0262041294 | PDF | 7 MB
Improving the way that technology is transferred from laboratory to marketplace is central to improving American productivity and competitiveness in a global economy. In this provocative analysis, Stephen Doheny-Farina shows that the technical and commercial processes of turning technologies into products are, in significant ways, communication processes. He explores the key role that technical communicators must play in the movement of technology from expert designers and developers to users. Several lengthy case studies illustrate the rhetorical issues involved in technology transfers as well as the rhetorical barriers to their success.