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Subject:Re: Shannon-Weaver Model From:Alex Buczek <tscom001 -at- DUNX1 -dot- OCS -dot- DREXEL -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 1 Dec 1994 16:59:25 -0400
How about thinking of Technical Communicators as those who "accomodate(s)
technology to the user"? {From David N. Dobrin in "What's Technical About
Technical Writing?" 1983} While this may not be a model of communication,
it does provide an interesting perspective while evaluating various models.
If we look at our work -the use of our knowledge of language- in this
manner, I believe that we have a more active role than most models of
communication would suggest.
