A study of visual literacy in technical communication textbooks: a work in progress

Andrew Feenberg's critical theory of technology is an underutilized, relatively unknown resource in technical communication which could be exploited not only for its potential clarification of large social issues that involve our discipline, but also specifically toward the development of a critical theory of illustrations. Applications of critical theory help strengthen our discipline by forcing us to delineate extant approaches and consider whether democratic goals are being achieved through those approaches. If a critical theory of illustrations can be built from Feenberg's critical theory of technology, it should be useful for classroom instructors and researchers as well as theorists.

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Program Assessment in Technical Communication: A Work in Progress

2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference ◽

10.1109/ipcc.2007.4464087 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Marj Davis ◽

Susan Codone

Keyword(s):

Technical Communication ◽

Program Assessment ◽

Work In Progress

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Making Sense of the Visual in Technical Communication: A Visual Literacy Approach to Pedagogy

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication ◽

10.2190/fgj6-uetb-9ca6-5pc3 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 31-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Tiffany Craft Portewig

Keyword(s):

Technical Communication ◽

Visual Literacy ◽

Making Sense

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Meridional Circulation, Turbulence, and Diffusion Processes in Stars

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100080477 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 109-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. Vauclair

Keyword(s):

Convection Zone ◽

Diffusion Processes ◽

Meridional Circulation ◽

Diffusion Time ◽

Work In Progress ◽

First Results ◽

Stellar Envelopes ◽

And Diffusion ◽

Turbulence And Diffusion ◽

Hr Diagram

This paper gives the first results of a work in progress, in collaboration with G. Michaud and G. Vauclair. It is a first attempt to compute the effects of meridional circulation and turbulence on diffusion processes in stellar envelopes. Computations have been made for a 2 Mʘstar, which lies in the Am - δ Scuti region of the HR diagram.Let us recall that in Am stars diffusion cannot occur between the two outer convection zones, contrary to what was assumed by Watson (1970, 1971) and Smith (1971), since they are linked by overshooting (Latour, 1972; Toomre et al., 1975). But diffusion may occur at the bottom of the second convection zone. According to Vauclair et al. (1974), the second convection zone, due to He II ionization, disappears after a time equal to the helium diffusion time, and then diffusion may happen at the bottom of the first convection zone, so that the arguments by Watson and Smith are preserved.

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