The paradox of revision: A study of writing as a product in the revision of manuals

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-37

  Philbin, Alice I ^a   Spirek, Melissa M ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION; HANDBOOKS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLISHING;

DOCUMENTATION; MANUAL REVISION; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 0030102530     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.486045     Document Type: Review

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