DocumentCode
3242275
Title
Should technical writers question the technical side of information?
Author
Bardez, Jean-Paul
Author_Institution
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
fYear
1996
fDate
18-20 Sep 1996
Firstpage
261
Lastpage
262
Abstract
There is a marked tendency to assimilate the scientific with the technical and to assume that anything that is organised in a structured manner is necessarily objective and neutral. But is everything the industrial world produces good and useful by nature? To deserve the adjective “technical”, writers should ask questions, even when provided with “facts” and “figures” that seem to be the essence of what they should write about. This may, in the end, help to achieve better products
Keywords
professional aspects; technical presentation; objective; scientific; technical writers; Application software; Dairy products; Diesel engines; Fuel economy; Layout; Petroleum; Power generation economics; Video recording; Washing machines; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Professional Communication Conference, 1996. IPCC '96 Proceedings. Communication on the Fast Track., International
Conference_Location
Saratoga Springs, NY
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3689-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCC.1996.552605
Filename
552605
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