Cultural diversity and new media – their interaction as an element of European integration: Elaborating a European research network

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. I. Technological knowledge in communication
5. Communication on technology: Meeting point of theory and practice 3
6. Cognitive models of processing procedural instructions 39
7. How can the user be provided with the “right” questions and answers? 65
8. A social perspective on writing in the workplace: Communities of Discourse (CD) and Communities of Practice (CoP) 83
9. II. Information transfer through language(s) and pictures
10. Technical communication and translation 111
11. The class building potential of adjectives as used in German technical and advertising texts in a mail order catalogue 129
12. Instructional illustrations: Waypoints in the historical development 147
13. III. Relationships between technology, communication and culture
14. Software documentation: The role of computers as a means, tool and medium 177
15. Cultural aspects of technology and documentation: Contributions from the field of intercultural communication 203
16. Cultural diversity and new media – their interaction as an element of European integration: Elaborating a European research network 217
17. Biographical notes 259
18. Index 263