DocumentCode
2293759
Title
Shaping knowledge for graying audiences: where are the technical communicators?
Author
Lippincott, Gail
Author_Institution
North Texas Univ., Denton, TX, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
21-24 Sept. 2003
Abstract
Populations worldwide are aging at a dramatic rate, and researchers in many disciplines are studying the effects of aging. Technical communicators, however, do not seem aware of these important trends. This article suggests that we need to incorporate interdisciplinary research on aging into our practice and teaching. The first step is to operationalize the demographic of age as a complex variable in our audience analysis. Then we need to conduct and publish our own research on the communication and documentation needs of older adults.
Keywords
demography; gender issues; professional communication; socio-economic effects; aging effects; audience analysis; communication needs; demography; documentation needs; interdisciplinary research; knowledge shaping; older adults; technical communicators; Aging; Cultural differences; Demography; Documentation; Education; Global communication; Internet; Senior citizens; Shape; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Professional Communication Conference, 2003. IPCC 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7949-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCC.2003.1245475
Filename
1245475
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