Revision of Public Information Brochures on the Basis of Reader Reedback.

Jan Schellens, Peter; De Jong, Menno

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ERIC Number: EJ629181

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Publication Date: 1997

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Revision of Public Information Brochures on the Basis of Reader Reedback.

Jan Schellens, Peter; De Jong, Menno

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, v11 n4 p483-501 Oct 1997

Describes a small-scale experiment in which five professional writers were asked to revise brochure fragments based on the feedback from readers. Discusses the type of feedback collected from readers and how the experiment focused on the revision phase following formative text evaluation. (SG)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Revision (Written Composition), Technical Writing, Text Structure, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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