Thesis Update

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is used by many in schools and the workplace. Workplace productivity is increased by allowing tools, specifically Instant Messenger (IM) to be used on workers desktops and remote offices. By teaching the proper use and discretion in using IM in a formal technical communication course, we will have assisted in developing new employees, with necessary tools and skills to contribute to the working environment quickly, and efficiently.
With the teaching of this technology comes additional questions and challenges, teaching or explaining style in CMC. Is there style in CMC? Specifically IM?


Of course there is style in CMC such as IM. IM affects both cohesion and coherence as defined by in the Williams text. Additionally, "Concision" is an aspect of style that is changed and or affected by the use of IM. These aspects of style are areas that can be part of an official university course on CMC. CMC in the workplace is not going anywhere, and it is part of a university's charter to ensure students are prepared with knowledge and tools upon entering the real world workplace.

Week 11 - High, middle, and low styles from the edited collection

Week 11 - For your blog, Refer to high, middle, and low styles with what you read/worked on from the edited collection.

The prose that I am reviewing from the “edited collection” appear to fall on into the style of “middle”, closely related to an academic style. The authors are discussing the benefits of tool that student use in developing their portfolio of projects, and ten to fall into the academic way of writing as the topic is mainly about academia. The style is generally in the “middle” and tend to not focus on the general reader, but more of the person in academia, technical writing or technical communication in some manner. In reviewing the edited collection chapter, I approached the reading as a general interest reader, not that familiar with the “inside baseball” of academics at the instructor level. At time I struggled to understand what the writers were expressing, but after stepping back , I realized they were using a “middle” style in their writing, not quite at a level that fits the category of “high”, something I was not that familiar with. The areas that were difficult for a general reader were noted in the review comments posted to the edited chapter.

"We are fundamentally guided by the belief that more information for our users is ultimately better," said Nicole Wong, Google's deputy general counsel.

Interesting story on what we talked about in class on 03/30

Google has censorship balancing act outside China

Mar 31, 7:32 PM (ET)

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. didn't stop wrangling with censorship when the company moved its search engine out of mainland China to shed its restraints on what can be shown on the Internet.


URL: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100401/D9EPUIV80.html