Tracking rapid HIV testing through the cultural circuit - Implications for technical communication

    Authors

    J. B. Scott

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Bus. Tech. Commun.

    Keywords

    cultural circuit; critique; circulation; ethics; usability; technical; communication; CRITIQUE; Business; Communication

    Abstract

    The cultural studies model of the cultural circuit can help students track the larger circulation and transformation of technical communication in order to ethically critique and respond to it. Applying the model to specific cases of technology and its accompanying documentation (in this case the OraQuick rapid HIV test) can illustrate for students the ethical necessity of extending the usual focus on production to distribution, marketing, interpretation, and use. Students can then channel this awareness to their own writing projects, taking action to ensure that these projects are responsive and empowering to those whom they affect.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Business and Technical Communication

    Volume

    18

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    198

    Last Page

    219

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000220363700003

    ISSN

    1050-6519

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