Blog Post #2

    For my topic, I have decided to analyze multicultural differences in technical communication. It has been proven that even experts struggle to communicate with different cultural backgrounds. I have been able to find multiple published documents that explain the reasoning behind this and plan to analyze what they may have in common, their differences, and what I have found to be anything from repetitive to useless information. These sources include topics about Multicultural Issues in Technical Communication, Race, Ethnicity, and Technical Communication, and Technical Communication: A reader-centered approach. I am still looking into obtaining sources from the PTW database but plan on getting the remaining four sources from that database. By the end of my analysis, I plan to know how technical communication gets altered for different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and analyze databases for what information they provide. 

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  1. Samantha AikenSeptember 7, 2023 at 4:39 PM

    Hi Frankie,

    It sounds like you've done a lot of work on this already, great job! I think it's a fascinating topic of research, looking for ways multicultural differences impact technical communication. Specifically, it would be interesting to find out exactly how technical communication gets altered for different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Good luck as you continue your research further!

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