• DocumentCode
    1520201
  • Title

    The persona in microcomputer documentation

  • Author

    Bradford, Dana

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Corp., Kingston, NY, USA
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    6/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    65
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    The author examines the classical notion of persona (the role adopted by the writer) as a term useful in analyzing technical documents. It isolates rhetorical strategies that are components of the user-friendly persona and briefly speculates on the usefulness of those strategies given the interactive relationship between the writer and the audience.
  • Keywords
    human factors; program and system documentation; technical presentation; microcomputer documentation; persona; technical documents; user-friendly persona; Context; Documentation; Graphics; Microcomputers; Tutorials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1434
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPC.1984.6448796
  • Filename
    6448796