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Ranney, Frances J.

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At the Heart of Information Ecologies: Invisibility and Technical Communication   (peer-reviewed)   (members only)

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 communicators in that process.

Ranney, Frances J. Journal of Computer Documentation (2000). Articles>Information Design>TC

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Beyond Foucault: Toward a User-Centered Approach to Sexual Harassment Policy   (PDF)   (peer-reviewed)   (members only)

Our current national policy regarding sexual harassment, expressed through legal, economic, and popular discourses, exemplifies the Foucauldian paradigm in its attempt to regulate sexuality through seemingly authorless texts. Arguing that regulation through such discursive technologies need not lead to the effects of domination that Foucault recognized, I propose a user-centered approach to policy drafting that values the knowledge of workers as users and makers of workplace policy.

Ranney, Frances J. Technical Communication Quarterly (2000). Careers>Management>Policies and Procedures>Sexual Harassment

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The Greater the Resistance the Higher the Voltage? or, How to Know When to Pull the Plug on a Technical Writing Program   (peer-reviewed)

It is not industry collaboration that has caused the Wayne State program to founder. Indeed, many in the English Department might bristle at that term, believing the program is thriving. Nevertheless, contradictions within the department that reflected and repeated historical patterns have allowed the program to wither.

Ranney, Frances J. CPTSC Proceedings (2000). Academic>Education>WPA

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