Communication on and via Technology

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2012

Communication on and via Technology

Edited by: Annely Rothkegel and Sonja Ruda

Volume 10 in the series Text, Translation, Computational Processing [TTCP]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110260274

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About this book

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.

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Annely Rothkegel and Sonja Ruda, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
I. Technological knowledge in communication
Communication on technology: Meeting point of theory and practice Annely Rothkegel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Cognitive models of processing procedural instructions Franck Ganier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
How can the user be provided with the “right” questions and answers? Sonja Ruda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
A social perspective on writing in the workplace: Communities of Discourse (CD) and Communities of Practice (CoP) Karl-Heinz Pogner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
II. Information transfer through language(s) and pictures
Technical communication and translation Klaus Schubert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
The class building potential of adjectives as used in German technical and advertising texts in a mail order catalogue Colette Cortès Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Instructional illustrations: Waypoints in the historical development Clemens Schwender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
III. Relationships between technology, communication and culture
Software documentation: The role of computers as a means, tool and medium Vasco Alexander Schmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Cultural aspects of technology and documentation: Contributions from the field of intercultural communication Marc Hermeking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Cultural diversity and new media – their interaction as an element of European integration: Elaborating a European research network Gerhard Banse and Andreas Metzner-Szigeth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Biographical notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers, Scholars and Students in the Fields of Applied Linguistics, Linguistics and the Media, Technical Communication, Intercultural Communication, Journalists working on topics like Technology and Economy, Professionals in International Communication
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Communication Studies

eBook

Published: July 4, 2012
ISBN: 9783110260274

Hardcover

Published: June 14, 2012
ISBN: 9783110260250