Reading List
Articles

The following list is current as of 10.31.2007. However, I've largely been working on collecting full texts. The article list will take real shape in December and January.

General

A Brief History of Technical Communication,
Frederick M. O’Hara, Jr.

Technical Communication from 1850-1950: Where Have We Been? - Teresa Kynell
Technical Communication Quarterly 143, Spring 1999, Vol. 8, No. 2. (143-151)

Technical Communication from 1950-1998: Where Are We Now? - Katherine Staples
Technical Communication Quarterly 153, Spring 1999, Vol. 8, No. 2. (153-164)

Technical Communication in the 21st Century: Where Are We Going? - M. Jimmie Killingsworth
Technical Communication Quarterly 165, Spring 1999, Vol. 8, No. 2. (165-174)

Orality / Communication

Grice, H. Paul. “Logic and Conversation.” Syntax and Semantics. Vol 3: Speech Acts. New York: Academic P, 1975. 41-58.

Hurst, Mary Jane. “Speech Acts in Ivy Compton-Burnett’s A Family and a Fortune.” Language and Style 20.4 (1987): 342-58

New Media

Bush, Vannevar. 1945. “As We May Think.” Atlantic Monthly, 176 (1), 101-108.

Graham, Jefferson. (2005). Websites dive into video iPod revolution. USA Today, November 30.

Guenther, Kim. What is Push Technology? Darwinmag.com Retrieved 07/18/06, from http://www.darwinmag.com/learn/curve/column.html?ArticleID=43

Hane, Paula J. (2005). In the Beginning, There Was Content. Information Today, 22, Issue 5.

Technical Communication

Slack, Jennifer Daryl, David James Miller, and Jeffery Doak. “The Technical Communicator as Author: Meaning, Power, Authority.” Journal of Business and Technical Communication 7.1 (1993): 12-36. Sage Communications.