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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808285803321

Titolo

Rethinking post-communist rhetoric : perspectives on rhetoric, writing, and professional communication in post-Soviet spaces / / edited by Pavel Zemliansky and Kirk St. Amant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2338-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity

Disciplina

808.06/60947

Soggetti

Academic writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - Europe, Eastern

Academic writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - Russia (Federation)

Business writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - Europe, Eastern

Business writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I. INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS; Ch01. A Survey of Academic and Professional Writing Instruction inHigher Education in Russia and Ukraine; Ch02. Introducing Western Writing Theory and Pedagogy to Russian Students; Ch03. Exploring Technical Communication Pedagogy in Russia; Part II. WORKPLACE CONTEXTS; Ch04. Russian Education in the Twenty-First Century; Ch05. Rhetoric in Technical Communication; Ch06. Visible and Invisible Boundaries; Part III. GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXTS

Ch07. Mapping Professional and Technical Communication in German Higher Education in the Neue Länder since 1989Ch08. Macro Acceptance, Micro Resistance?; Part IV. MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS; Ch09. Creating a Multinational Collaborative Online Community in the High-Tech Marketing Domain in Ukraine; Ch10. Media Usage Pattern and Trust in Media Among Young People in a Large Russian City; Index; About the Editors andContributors

Sommario/riassunto

This collection examines the different forces and factors that affect professional writing and communication practices in various social,



economic, political, and technological contexts in the nations of the former Soviet Union and the former Eastern Bloc.