Technical Communication and the Discipline of Content: Considerations for Research, Training, and Career Readiness [Paperback]

SECTION I: Discrepancies, Challenges, and Opportunities??Introduction??1. Embracing Content in Technical Communications Collective Identity??2. Emergence of the Discipline of Content??SECTION II: Roles, Activities, and Career Trajectories??3. Changing Technical Communicator Roles and Activities??4. Hiring Needs for Entry-Level Content-Focused Jobs??SECTION III: Competencies, Curricular Pathways, and Programmatic Innovations??5. Technical Communication Literacy Frameworks and Approaches to Identifying Competencies and Skills??6. A Competencies Framework for Technical Content Professionals??7. Preparing Students for Roles and Activities in the Discipline of Content??

This book explores how workflows and technologies that treat content as computable data are changing the roles, work activities, and outputs of professional technical communicators. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of technical writing, professional and public writing, content strategy, and more.

Andersen and Evia provide a comprehensive, yet accessible, explanation of the various categories of the content discipline. More importantly, they outline what it will take to prepare students for the kind of work going on right now in the workplace. Their approach is to teach carefully and specifically. This book will interest both academia and industry.

Tracy Bridgeford, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

Technical Communication and the Discipline of Content is exactly what the field of technical communication needs right nowrigorous empirical research that describes both how content work is evolving and what those shifts mean for educators, students, and practitioners of content strategy.

Erin Friess, University of NortlsK