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9780761903208

Scientific and Technical Communication Theory, Practice, and Policy

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    9780761903208

  • ISBN10:

    0761903208

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-10-15
  • Publisher: Sage Publications

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Summary

Integrating multidisciplinary perspectives on the relation of rhetoric, science, technology and public policy-making to the process and product of technical communication, this textbook reformulates the issues raised by science and technology studies (STS) within the context of technical communication.The first part of the book provides a summary, critique and alternative to recent theoretical perspectives developed in the rhetoric of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge. Part Two applies these critical alternatives to the traditional practices of scientific and technical communication. The final part demonstrates how these new practices can be applied to the communication vital in forming national and local science and technology policy.

Table of Contents

Preface vii(8)
Acknowledgments xv
Part I: The Rhetoric 3(228)
1. Scientific and Technical Communication in Context
3(35)
2. Reading Scientific and Technical Texts
38(30)
3. Writing Scientific and Technical Texts
68(45)
4. Understanding Audiences
113(32)
5. Language, Persuasion, and Argument
145(30)
6. Participation and Policy
175(56)
Part II: The Reader 231(168)
Introduction to Chapter 7 231(2)
7. Putting People Back Into the Business of Science: Constituting a National Forum for Setting the Research Agenda
233(34)
Steve Fuller
Introduction to Chapter 8 267(3)
8. Textual Technologies: New Literary Forms and Reflexivity
270(27)
Geoff Cooper
Introduction to Chapter 9 297(2)
9. Science and Communication: Beyond Form and Content
299(28)
William Keith
Introduction to Chapter 10 327(3)
10. Migrating Across Disciplinary Boundaries: The Case of David Raup's and John Sepkoski's Periodicity Papers
330(20)
Dale L. Sullivan
Introduction to Chapter 11 350(2)
11. Challenging High-Tech War: Surgical Strike or Collateral Damage?
352(19)
Sujatha Raman
Introduction to Chapter 12 371(3)
12. Restructuring Demand for Scientific Expertise
374(25)
Sheila Tobias
Daryl Chubin
Kevin Aylesworth
Index 399(14)
About the Authors 413

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