R U There? Cell Phones, Participatory Design, and Intercultural Dialogue

Do Writing Errors Bother Professionals? An Analysis of the Most Bothersome Errors and How the Writer’s Ethos is Affected

“…While outside the scope of our study itself, technology's impact on writing practices was one of the driving exigencies for our study. We wondered whether errors in today's workplace would be viewed similarly to previous studies' results because of the speed in which technology is influencing the way that professionals write and deliver information (e.g., Longo, 2014;Reinsch & Turner, 2006) and the impact of narratives about texting and social media writing (e.g., Bowdon, 2014;Takayoshi, 2015). These changes in writing practices, when read alongside the persistent emphasis on the importance of correct grammar and mechanics in the workplace (Adams, 2012;Rushkoff et al, 2012;Scaros, 2016), prompted us to return to the existing studies on errors in workplace writing.…”

Introduction: Promoting a Sustainable Collective Identity for Technical and Professional Communication

“…I am also making an organizational shift from the previous category-based approach to a now thematic review. In answer to my second research question about "lessons learned," three themes emerged from the substantive reflections found in Agboka (2014), N. , Longo (2014), Mara and Mara (2018), Rose andWalton et al (2015). Those themes are lessons learned about localization, adaptation, and reflexivity.…”

Chapter 1: What Are We Really Teaching? Revisiting Technical and Professional Communication�s Pedagogical Training

“…For Agboka (2014), reflexive thinking invited "unlearning" a colonial mindset (p. 304). For Longo (2014), responsiveness to those logics and realities became a "matter of personal ethics more than professional responsibility or participatory design" (p. 214). Agboka (2014) calls on TPC scholars to use reflexivity as part of confronting harmful colonizing practices.…”