Visualizing Technical Information: A Cultural Critique (Baywood's Technical Communications)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0895032406 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 185 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dr. Brasseur teaches courses in visual rhetoric and technical writing. Dr. Her book chapter "Visual Literacy in the Computer Age: A Complex Perceptual Landscape" was part of the NCTE award-winning book of collected essays, Computers and Technical Communication: Pedagogical and Programmatic Perspectives, edited by Stuart Selber. Lee Brasseur is an associate professor a
Using genre theory as an analytical tool, the author makes the argument that problems with these visual forms are not necessarily the result of a designer's poor decisions or a reader's poor interpretation skills. Instead, there may be inherent problems in the visual genres themselves that are a direct result of their cultural history and current use.. Visualizing Technical Information: A Cultural Critique demonstrates the ways in which the leading technical visuals of information design-graphs, charts, diagrams, tables, illust
Nurul Hanim Md Romainoor said I like this book. Very much informational. this book had done a indepth critical review on visuals and teachnical information. I recommend people who are doing research on visuals understand the differences of genre of their visuals and technical terms.
" highly readable text; Brasseur's effort helps us to critically examine these maps of the world we live in." -- John Chetro-Szivos, Ph.D., Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts"the book opened my eyes to many issues; it presents thought-provoking information helpful to anyone presenting technical information graphically." -- Randy Howe, Ph.D., Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts