This book is a landmark guide full of practical examples and sound advice for communicating online concisely and effectively.
Craig Baehr, PhD, is associate professor of technical
communication and rhetoric at Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
TX.
Bob Schaller, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department
of Global Communication and Contemporary Culture at Stephen F.
Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, and has written more than
40 books, including Greenwood biographies on Kanye West, Al Gore,
and Bill Gates.
. . . so timely and highly recommended. Spanning a wide range of
relevant issues, this thoroughly 'user friendly' introduction and
instruction guide ranges from online publishing to blogging and
everything in-between. Identifying and addressing the factors that
make for good, effective, professional quality writing in a
cyberspace medium, Writing for the Internet is an ideal classroom
textbook, self-instruction manual, and a solid reference work for
personal, academic, and community library Writing/Publishing
reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
*Midwest Book Review*
Writing for the Internet is a great resource for those interested
in online communication and libraries serving mass communication
students.
*ARBAonline*
For students and those writing for online newspapers, magazines,
video and audio broadcasts, and other multiplatform areas, Baehr
(technical communication and rhetoric, Texas Tech U.) and Schaller
(global communication and contemporary culture, Stephen F. Austin
State U.) detail how to write effectively and concisely online. In
addition to the theories, methods, and practices used by internet
writers and journalists, they cover online publishing, new media
news writing, blogging, micro-blogging, internet writing
technologies, and social media/ownership. The visual aspects of web
content design, copyright, digital literacy, and online reading are
also explored.
*Reference & Research Book News*
A solid resource for those who teach, study, or practice writing
for online media. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division
undergraduates through faculty; general readers.
*Choice*
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