: Annely Rothkegel, Sonja Ruda
: Communication on and via Technology
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110260274
: Text, Translation, Computational Processing [TTCP]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 160.50
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: Kommunikationswissenschaft
: English
: 282
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< >The interdependency of technology and communication presents theoreticians as well as practitioners with a wide range of problems. Among the topics discussed in this interdisciplinary volume are: technological knowledge in text and context in combination with cognitive and social conditions, knowledge transfer beyond languages and cultures, the influence of the world wide web on social communities.


< >Annely Rothkegeland onja Ruda, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany.
Introduction7
I. Technological knowledge in communication11
Communication on technology: Meeting point of theory and practice13
Cognitive models of processing procedural instructions49
How can the user be provided with the “right” questions and answers?75
A social perspective on writing in the workplace: Communities of Discourse (CD) and Communities of Practice (CoP)93
II. Information transfer through language(s) and pictures119
Technical communication and translation121
The class building potential of adjectives as used in German technical and advertising texts in a mail order catalogue139
Instructional illustrations: Waypoints in the historical development157
III. Relationships between technology, communication and culture185
Software documentation: The role of computers as a means, tool and medium187
Cultural aspects of technology and documentation: Contributions from the field of intercultural communication213
Cultural diversity and new media – their interaction as an element of European integration: Elaborating a European research network227
Biographical notes269
Index273