Establishing Technical Writers As Communication Advisors: An Evaluation Of Internal Communications Using Audience Analysis For Cox Health Systems Of Springfield, Missouri

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

1997

Author dc:creator

• Lansdown, Lynn Michele

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kristene Sutliff

• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © Lynn Michele Lansdown

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/986

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1987