Communication on and via Technology / / ed. by Annely Rothkegel, Sonja Ruda.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Banse, Gerhard,; Cortès, Colette,; Ganier, Franck,; Hermeking, Marc,; Metzner-Szigeth, Andreas,; Pogner, Karl-Heinz,; Rothkegel, Annely,; Ruda, Sonja,; Schmidt, Vasco Alexander,; Schubert, Klaus,; Schwender, Clemens,
• HerausgeberIn: Rothkegel, Annely,; Ruda, Sonja,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Text, Translation, Computational Processing [TTCP] , 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. Technological knowledge in communication --; Communication on technology: Meeting point of theory and practice --; Cognitive models of processing procedural instructions --; How can the user be provided with the “right” questions and answers? --; A social perspective on writing in the workplace: Communities of Discourse (CD) and Communities of Practice (CoP) --; II. Information transfer through language(s) and pictures --; Technical communication and translation --; The class building potential of adjectives as used in German technical and advertising texts in a mail order catalogue --; Instructional illustrations: Waypoints in the historical development --; III. Relationships between technology, communication and culture --; Software documentation: The role of computers as a means, tool and medium --; Cultural aspects of technology and documentation: Contributions from the field of intercultural communication --; Cultural diversity and new media – their interaction as an element of European integration: Elaborating a European research network --; Biographical notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110260274; 9783110238570; 9783110238532; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110288995; 9783110288902; 9783110288896
• ISSN: 1861-4272
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110260274
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Annely Rothkegel, Sonja Ruda.

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.