Title :
Issues in globalizing a U.S. government Website
Author_Institution :
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
The author applied findings from international technical communication research to compare and contrast two informational Websites: a U.S. government Website (response.restoration.noaa.gov), which she had designed, and an analogous French government Website (www.le-cedre.fr). The Websites reflect contrasting rhetorical choices made by their designers, suggesting that some substantial cross-cultural differences among Websites within a genre may be rhetorical in nature rather than surficial. The author suggests five areas where future research could lead to guidelines for Website globalization.
Keywords :
Internet; Web sites; globalisation; government data processing; French government Web site; US government Web site; Web site globalization; cross-cultural difference; informational Web site; international technical communication; Collaboration; Cultural differences; Global communication; Globalization; Guidelines; Petroleum; Professional communication; Sea surface; US Government; Web page design;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2003. IPCC 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7949-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2003.1245515
