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ERIC Number: EJ529095
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0049-3155
Why Define Technical Communication at All?
Ecker, Pamela S.
Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, v42 n4 p570-71 Nov 1995
Argues that, rather than trying to define technical communication in a nontraditional way, people should ask how those who already view technical communication in nontraditional ways can assist and challenge those who continue to view technical communication in a traditional way. (SR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Identification, Professional Recognition, Technical Writing
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Toward 2000: Education, the Society, and the Profession.