Title

Technical Language: Learning From The Columbia And Challenger Reports

Keywords

CAIB; Challenger; Columbia; Context; Culture; Deviance; Indefiniteness; Language; Normalization; Shuttle

Abstract

We can learn from the Columbia shuttle tragedy the potential consequences of taking technical language as more definite, unequivocal, agreed upon than It really is. Sadly, language misunderstandings in Columbia (2003) parallel similar problems in Challenger (1986). Fortunately, though, technical investigators are learning the vagaries of language use and organizational culture in shaping technical discourse. © 2005 IEEE.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Number of Pages

638-641

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494233

Socpus ID

33745262564 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33745262564

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