Title :
Should technical writers question the technical side of information?
Author :
Bardez, Jean-Paul
Author_Institution :
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1996.552605
