The chilling of digital information: Technical communicators as public advocates

Technical Communication and the World Wide Web

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 243-259

  Porter, James E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147190660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612953     Document Type: Chapter

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