Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century

TCTC  addresses the essential knowledge of what technical communication is, what it does, how it is produced, and how it reaches audiences. Readers will also learn how technical communication relates to issues of professionalism, ethics, technology, community, and personal responsibility. This book shows how today’s workers take on active roles in complex communities, both professional and public, that affect writing and communication. Using a problem solving approach and a case studies approach, this book encourages readers to solve workplace communications problems by thinking through the choices you need to make in various writing scenarios. Integrates ethics and technology as considerations inextricably linked to the production and interpretation of all technical documents. Focuses on the role of making rhetorical and professional choices in writing.  Professionals in any field.

Sidney I. Dobrin is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Florida.  He has served as Director of Wriing and 9 years as the coordinator of the technical writing course. He is author and editor of more than a dozen books about writing.

 

Christopher Keller is assistant professor of English at the University of Texas-Pan American, where he is the director of the composition program. He teaches courses in technical communication, rhetoric, and American nature writing and has published a number of articles and books, including “Writing Environments” (with Sid Dobrin) and “The Locations of Composition” (with Christian Weisser).

 

Christian Weisser is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University, where he coordinates both the Writing Program and the Learning Resource Center. Christian is the author and editor of six books and nine articles about writing.  He currently serves as Editor of Composition Forum, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in rhetoric and composition.