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Beteiligte: Coney, Mary B.
In: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 8, 1978, 2, S. 97-106
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 97-106
ISSN: 0047-2816
1541-3780
DOI: 10.2190/gvu2-gje3-5j53-jnty
veröffentlicht in: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> To communicate technical material effectively to a particular audience, a writer must not only analyze his readers' background and professional needs, but also incorporate that analysis into his text. This article introduces the concept of the mock reader as a means of giving body to an amorphic audience and relates that concept to the decisions a writer must make. </jats:p><jats:p> Three situations are presented—writing to the operator, the expert, and the manager—to show how the mock reader can enhance the immediacy and coherence of a text. </jats:p>