Third-generation activity theory (3GAT) has become a popular theoretical and
methodological framework for writing studies, particularly in technical communication. 3GAT …

Research problem: In partially distributed teams, where some members are co-located while
others are geographically distant, co-located members tend to treat one another as a …

Many tools, technologies, spaces, and practices of technical communication today bear little
resemblance to those of the late 1990s, when Technical Communication Quarterly …

Purpose–The aim of this study is to analyse the extent to which Eurozone companies use
the social network LinkedIn, how they manage their online practices, what is their typical …

Advances in electronic communication tools have enabled collaborative engineering work to
be conducted in virtual project networks that utilize “digital boundary objects” to exchange …

Networks have a remarkable ability to bring people together in communities, both online and
offline, but such community building is not the only possible result of network use. This …

Background: Although some have noted that combining technical and marketing content is
precarious, technical communication professionals are increasingly involved in content …

This article provides items to consider and best practices for implementing a strategic plan
for the use of social media in technical and scientific communication programs. The authors …

Activity theory in its “third generation”(3GAT) has been used extensively to analyze case
studies in professional communication and related fields such as information systems …

This article provides background on social network analysis, an innovative research
paradigm that focuses on the importance of social networks. The article begins by giving …