http://courses.johnmjones.org/ENGL605/2012/09/10/the-makeover-of-technical-communication/ ENGL 605, WVU, Fall 2012 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://courses.johnmjones.org/ENGL605/2012/09/10/the-makeover-of-technical-communication/#comment-116 Rachel Henderson Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:20:08 +0000 http://courses.johnmjones.org/ENGL605/?p=348#comment-116 Christine, I think you've done a really nice job articulating your thoughts and walking us through some of Johnson-Eilola's and Lay's ideas. I also picked up on the theme that technical communication has experienced an evolution from "technical"-leaning to "communication"-leaning, but that got me thinking--I wonder if we (the technical communicators) are not careful in redefining and clarifying our role as writers that we might not hurt ourselves in over-reacting to the common misperception that technical communicators are just support positions, mere deliverers of info and not authors with power. I don't mean to suggest we are or will hurt our positions in so adamantly redefining our position in industry, but I do wonder what happens or how we know when we've successfully defined "technical communicator." Is it a position that will continue to evolve and constantly need to be reassessed and redefined? Christine, I think you’ve done a really nice job articulating your thoughts and walking us through some of Johnson-Eilola’s and Lay’s ideas. I also picked up on the theme that technical communication has experienced an evolution from “technical”-leaning to “communication”-leaning, but that got me thinking–I wonder if we (the technical communicators) are not careful in redefining and clarifying our role as writers that we might not hurt ourselves in over-reacting to the common misperception that technical communicators are just support positions, mere deliverers of info and not authors with power. I don’t mean to suggest we are or will hurt our positions in so adamantly redefining our position in industry, but I do wonder what happens or how we know when we’ve successfully defined “technical communicator.” Is it a position that will continue to evolve and constantly need to be reassessed and redefined?

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