Visualizing Technical Information: A Cultural Critique (Baywood's Technical Communications) - Softcover

Koppelman, Kent L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895032171 ISBN 13: 9780895032171

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Visualizing Technical Information: A Cultural Critique demonstrates the ways in which the leading technical visuals of information design-graphs, charts, diagrams, tables, illustrations, and information visualization-are designed and read. Using genre theory as an analytical tool, the author makes the argument that problems with these visual forms are not necessarily the result of a designer's poor decisions or a reader's poor interpretation skills. Instead, there may be inherent problems in the visual genres themselves that are a direct result of their cultural history and current use.

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About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kent Koppelman grew up in rural Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska where he received two degrees. He taught English and Social Studies in Nebraska, Connecticut, and Iowa. After receiving a Ph.D. from Iowa State University, he accepted a position at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. As a professor in the Educational Foundations Department, he developed and continues to teach a course called "Understanding Human Differences" which deals with issues related to gender, diversity, and multicultural education. This course has been adopted as one of the general education core requirements for the University. In 1988, he was named "Teacher Educator of the Year" for Wisconsin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895032171
• ISBN 13: 9780895032171
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 185