Title :
Act well thy part: performing technical writer and engineer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of English, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
Abstract :
This article presents communication strategies for technical writers and engineers. These strategies are developed from applying Erving Goffman´s social interaction theories to the technical writer/engineer relationship. These strategies should also help dispel some of the criticisms that engineers and technical writers have of each other.
Keywords :
socio-economic effects; technical presentation; communication strategies; engineers; social interaction; technical writers; Abstracts; Associate members; Communication industry; Dynamic programming; Industrial relations; Maintenance engineering; Professional communication; Programming profession; Terminology; Waste materials; Communication; Erving Goffman; engineers; relationships; social interaction; technical writers;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPC.2004.833693
