Internet-Based Workplace Communications: Industry and Academic Applications examines the different ways in which online media are becoming a part of and affecting educational and professional writing practices. By overvieiwng how Internet-based technologies affect the communication process, this timely book provides educators with a synopsis of the tools and techniques that could be applied to a variety of educational and professional activities. Similarly, by covering the uses of online media in communication education, this book provides employers with insights related to the Internet-related discourse skills of prospective employees. This book serves as a bridge between educational developments and industry practices, and readers from a broad range of backgrounds learn of different concepts, technologies, and techniques that can affect the online communication process.
Though most of the essays target academics, business professionals with a reflective bent will be able to apply the [content] in the workplace. Recommended.
In Internet-Based Workplace Communications: Industry and Academic Applications, Kirk St. Amant and Pavel Zemliansky have compiled a work that helps would-be technical writers prepare for a world of telework and remote teams. [It] is a commendable collection, a fair read for student and veteran technical communicators alike.
Internet-Based Workplace Communications is certainly useful to technical and professional communication educators seeking to rethink instructional practices in light of new online technologies. It offers much food for thought about how technologies affect writing and learning in professional and technical communication instruction.