Establishing Technical Writers As Communication Advisors: An Evaluation Of Internal Communications Using Audience Analysis For Cox Health Systems Of Springfield, Missouri
Date of Graduation
Fall 1997
Degree
Master of Arts in English
Department
English
Committee Chair
Kristene Sutliff
Abstract
The label "technical" may place limitations in some minds about who technical writers are and the scope of their training and expertise. The educational preparation of technical writers, though, expands those initial limitations with the inclusion of such communication fundamentals as rhetorical structure and audience analysis. In this thesis I demonstrate that technical writers possess the knowledge and skill to work in a variety of corporate communication environments, such as the health-care industry. The following survey and audience analysis of Cox Health Systems of Springfield, Missouri, is the sole work of a technical writer, and reflects the diverse and expansive education technical writers receive.
Subject Categories
English Language and Literature
Copyright
© Lynn Michele Lansdown
Recommended Citation
Lansdown, Lynn Michele, "Establishing Technical Writers As Communication Advisors: An Evaluation Of Internal Communications Using Audience Analysis For Cox Health Systems Of Springfield, Missouri" (1997). MSU Graduate Theses. 986.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/986
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