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Wicked, incomplete, and uncertain: user support in the wild and the role of technical communication

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dc.contributor.authorSwarts, Jason, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T19:17:12Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T19:17:12Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractHow to document technologies that may hybridize into forms that not even their designers would have anticipated, and offers insight into the evolving role of a technical writer in an age of increasing user reliance on YouTube tutorials, message boards, and other resources for guidance.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsThe exigences and forms of technical communication -- Task shift: changes in the object of documentation -- Shifted tasks and shifted problems: the problem of wicked and tame problems -- Credibility and user interaction: the challenge of decentered expertise -- A survey of action-based proto-genres of help -- The role of technical communication.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/192321
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectTechnical writing
dc.subjectTechnology -- Documentation
dc.subjectCommunication of technical information
dc.titleWicked, incomplete, and uncertain: user support in the wild and the role of technical communication
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