Globalizing Rhetoric: Using Rhetorical Concepts to Identify and Analyze Cultural Expectations (Specialized Knowledge) Related to Genres

The growing connections among international economies means that professionals will increasingly find themselves interacting with persons from other cultures. Cultures, however, can have different expectations of what constitutes an effective professional communiqué. This article examines how the rhetorical factors of the forum, ethos, and the special topics provide a mechanism for identifying and analyzing such differences

Norwegian People\u27s Aid Emphasizes Cooperation as Core of Demining Efforts

One of the more prominent organizations currently working in the field of demining is Norwegian People\u27s Aid (NPA). Founded in 1939 as a part of the Norwegian labor movement, the NPA has spent the past fifty years devoting its time and efforts to issues involving solidarity, unity, human dignity, peace, and freedom. By focusing on political freedom and social and economic justice, the NPA has become a leader in global human rights and the struggle to attain human dignity

Context, Cognition, and Communication: Understanding how the Psychology of Location Affects Health and Medical Communication

Prior research reveals that cognition – or how the mind processes information – often guides human behavior in familiar settings (St.Amant, 2018). Such factors can affect the communication practices persons use to convey information about health concepts or medical processes (Hamm, 2003; St.Amant, 2021). The challenge becomes anticipating such connections in order to create texts and visuals audiences can understand and use to meet healthcare needs. This article presents an approach to meeting this need by applying the concept of cognitive scripts to understand and address the communication expectations audiences often associated with health and medical settings. In presenting these ideas, the article begins with an explanation of how cognitive scripts can affect communication processes. From there, the author advocates applying script dynamics to health and medical communication practices. To do so, the author expands upon ideas in the literature on cognitive scripts to create a script-based approach for researching an audience’s expectations of healthcare situations. The author then describes how to apply the information collected from this research to create communication materials audiences can more easily use in healthcare contexts. The result is a three-factor method that focuses on applying cognitive scripts to identify and address an audience’s expectations for healthcare communication in a given context. Readers can then use this approach to design healthcare communication materials that audiences can easily and effectively use

Approaches to Internationalizing Distance Education

RCAW Scholar-Teacher Awar

Distance education in a global age: An international perspective on online learning

Online courses can become international learning environments, but different factors can affect the successes of globalized online classes. This paper examines factors of technology and culture that can affect interactions in global learning environments. © 2012 IEEE

FSA06 - Crafting Digital Content for Contexts of Use: An Approach to the Digital Humanities in International Contexts

The New Context for DH: Today, digital media allow us to engage in global-level interactions with almost the same speed and ease as speaking with individuals face to face. For the digital humanities (DH), this situation brings with it new possibilities for collaborating internationally on projects to offer a more holistic approach to examining what the humanities are, how works are interpreted, and how ideas are exchanged

The State Of Technical Communication In The Former Ussr: A Review Of Literature

Over the last 2 decades, the nations that once comprised the Soviet Union have begun to play an increasingly important role in the global economy. As a result, today\u27s technical and professional communicators could find themselves interacting with co-workers, colleagues, and clients in these nations. Being successful in such contexts, however, requires an understanding of the cultural, historic, educational, and economic factors that have affected and continue to shape technical and professional communication practices in these countries. This article provides an overview of the literature that has been published on technical and professional communication practices in the former USSR as well as reviews educational factors that have contributed to such practices. Through such an examination, the article provides readers with a foundation they can use to engage in future research relating to technical and professional communication practices in post-Soviet states. © 2013, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc

Teaching And Training For Global Engineering: Perspectives On Culture And Professional Communication Practices

Provides a foundation for understanding a range of linguistic, cultural, and technological factors to effectively practice international communication in a variety of professional communication arenas. An in-depth analysis of how cultural factors influence translation, document design, and visual communication. A review of approaches for addressing the issue of international communication in a range of classes and training sessions. A summary of strategies for engaging in effective e-learning in international contexts. A synopsis of how to incorporate emerging media into international teaching and training practices

Distance Education In A Global Age: An International Perspective On Online Learning

Online courses can become international learning environments, but different factors can affect the successes of globalized online classes. This paper examines factors of technology and culture that can affect interactions in global learning environments. © 2012 IEEE