Communicating Risk in a Cross-cultural Context: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Rhetorical and Social Understandings in U.S. and British Mine Safety Training Programs.

Sauer, Beverly A.

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ERIC Number: EJ527284

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Publication Date: 1996

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Communicating Risk in a Cross-cultural Context: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Rhetorical and Social Understandings in U.S. and British Mine Safety Training Programs.

Sauer, Beverly A.

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, v10 n3 p306-29 Jul 1996

Analyzes how culture influences the rhetorical strategies writers employ to represent expert knowledge in the workplace. Examines the problems of risk communication in a cross-cultural context at three levels. Analyzes the problems writers face in applying generalized models of communication practice to solve technical problems in a culturally and politically complex global economy. (PA)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Safety, Technical Writing, Writing Research

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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