At the heart of information ecologies: invisibility and technical communication

Authors:
Frances J. Ranney
Affiliations:
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI
Venue:
ACM Journal of Computer Documentation (JCD)
Year:
2000

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Abstract

The ecological metaphor for technological systems provides a useful supplement to others dealing with the question of human control over technologies. However, it fails to develop adequately its own reliance on communication as the means whereby human values may be embedded in technologies, or to recognize the role of professional communicatorsin that process.