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Communication on and via technology /

The interdependency of technology and communication presents theoreticians as well as practitioners with a wide range of problems. Among the topics discussed in this interdisciplinary volume are: technological knowledge in text and context in combination with cognitive and social conditions, knowled...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rothkegel, Annely, Ruda, Sonja
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, Ã2012.
Colección:Text, translation, computational processing ; 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Technological knowledge in communication
  • Communication on technology: Meeting point of theory and practice
  • Cognitive models of processing procedural instructions
  • How can the user be provided with the "right" questions and answers?
  • A social perspective on writing in the workplace: Communities of Discourse (CD) and Communities of Practice (CoP)
  • II. Information transfer through language(s) and pictures
  • Technical communication and translation
  • The class building potential of adjectives as used in German technical and advertising texts in a mail order catalogue
  • Instructional illustrations: Waypoints in the historical development
  • III. Relationships between technology, communication and culture
  • Software documentation: The role of computers as a means, tool and medium
  • Cultural aspects of technology and documentation: Contributions from the field of intercultural communication
  • Cultural diversity and new media
  • their interaction as an element of European integration: Elaborating a European research network
  • Biographical notes
  • Index.