Jason Swarts

Extended Abstract: Competencies and Connections: Toward Bridging the Academic-Industry Gap

Ranade, N., & Swarts, J. (2024, July 14). 2024 IEEE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE, PROCOMM 2024, pp. 194–195.

The Construction of Data Usability

Swarts, J. (2024, September 12). Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 9.

Infrastructural support of users' mediated potential

Communication Design Quarterly, 10(2), 10–21.

Signaling Context in Topic-Based Writing

Swarts, J. (2022, February 8). Technical Communication, Vol. 69, pp. 40–53.

Uses of Metadiscourse in Online Help

Swarts, J. (2022, August 11). Written Communication, Vol. 39, pp. 689–721.

Addressing the Speculative “You”

Swarts, J. (2020, September 29). Addressing the Speculative “You.” SIGDOC 2020 - Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication.

Humanistic communication in information centric workplaces

Communication Design Quarterly, 7(4), 17–31.

Technical Communication is a Social Medium

Swarts, J. (2020, May 26). Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 29, pp. 427–439.

Writing About Structure In Dita

Writing about structure in DITA

In Teaching Content Management in Technical and Professional Communication (pp. 155–175). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85088625088&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Coding Streams of Language: Techniques for the Systematic Coding of Text, Talk, and Other Verbal Data

Locating and Describing the Work of Technical Communication in an Online User Network

Swarts, J. (2018, October 16). IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Vol. 61, pp. 356–371.

Open-Source Software in the Sciences: The Challenge of User Support

Swarts, J. (2018, June 6). Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Vol. 33, pp. 60–90.

Wicked, Incomplete, and Uncertain

Swarts, J. (2018, August 17). Utah State University Press EBooks.

Together with Technology

Swarts, J. (2017, March 2). Together with Technology: Writing Review, Enculturation, and Technological Mediation, pp. 1–179.

Composing Networks

Swarts, J. (2016, September 24). Written Communication, Vol. 33, pp. 385–417.

Context

In Keywords in Writing Studies (pp. 42–46). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952025057&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Help is in the Helping: An Evaluation of Help Documentation in a Networked Age

Technical Communication Quarterly, 24(2), 164–187.

Network

In Keywords in Writing Studies (pp. 120–124). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84951967824&partnerID=MN8TOARS

What user forums teach us about documentation and the value added by technical communicators

Technical Communication, 62(1), 1–2. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930732773&partnerID=MN8TOARS

The Trouble with Networks: Implications for the Practice of Help Documentation

Swarts, J. (2014, July 1). Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 44, pp. 253–275.

Visualizing and Tracing: Research Methodologies for the Study of Networked, Sociotechnical Activity, Otherwise Known as Knowledge Work

Technical Communication Quarterly, 24(1), 14–44.

Being Somewhere: The Meaning(s) of Location in Mobile Rhetorical Action

Enculturation, 15. https://www.enculturation.net/being-somewhere

How do work tools shape and organize the work of technical communication?

In J. Johnson-Eilola & S. Selber (Eds.), Solving Problems in Technical Communication (pp. 146–164). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago.

Communication design

Communication Design Quarterly, 1(1), 12–15.

New modes of help: Best practices for instructional video

Technical Communication, 59(3), 195–206. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867553682&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Technological Literacy as Network Building

Technical Communication Quarterly, 20(3), 274–302.

YouTutorial: A Framework for Assessing Instructional Online Video

Technical Communication Quarterly, 21(1), 6–24.

Guest Editors' Introduction: New Technological Spaces

Technical Communication Quarterly, 18(3), 211–223.

Recycled Writing: Assembling Actor Networks From Reusable Content

Swarts, J. (2009, November 23). Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Vol. 24, pp. 127–163.

The collaborative construction of "fact" on Wikipedia

Swarts, J. (2009, October 5). SIGDOC'09 - Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, pp. 281–288.

Usability testing in the writing classroom: Testing across a continuum of instrumentality

In S. Miller-Cochran & S. Rodrigo (Eds.), Rhetorically Rethinking Usability (pp. 191–212). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.

Effective Information Design for PDAs in Veterinary Medical Education

Swarts, J., & VanNorman, M. (2008, March 1). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Vol. 35, pp. 118–128.

Information Technologies as Discursive Agents: Methodological Implications for the Empirical Study of Knowledge Work

Swarts, J. (2008, October 1). Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 38, pp. 301–329.

Together with Technology: Writing Review, Enculturation and Technological Mediation

Swarts, J. (2008, January 1).

Mobility and Composition: The Architecture of Coherence in Non-places

Swarts, J. (2007, June 7). Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 16, pp. 279–309.

Walking with texts: Using PDAs to manage textual information

In B. Hawk, D. Rieder, & O. Oviedo (Eds.), Digital Tools in Cultural Contexts: Implications of New Media (pp. 101–103). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota.

Coherent Fragments

Swarts, J. (2006, March 13). Written Communication, Vol. 23, pp. 173–201.

Deprivatization at Work: Mediating Technologies of Writing Review

In M. Nugent & D. Bell (Eds.), Toward Deprivatized Pedagogy (pp. 181–195). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.

PDAs in Medical Settings: The Importance of Organization in PDA Text Design

Swarts, J. (2005, June 1). IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Vol. 48, pp. 161–176.

Cooperative writing

Presented at the SIGDOC04: ACM 22nd Annual International Conference on Documentation 2004.

Cooperative writing: Achieving coordination together and apart

Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Design of Communication - The Engineering of Quality Documentation, 83–89. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-13344269615&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Technological Mediation of Document Review

Swarts, J. (2004, June 1). Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Vol. 18, pp. 328–360.

Textual Grounding: How People Turn Texts into Tools

Swarts, J. (2004, January 1). Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 34, pp. 67–89.

Writer training: Complementary models of document review in the classroom and at work

Proceedings/STC, Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, 214–219. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038602708&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Document collaboration and tacit knowledge

Swarts, J. (2002, November 8). IPCC/SIGDOC 2000: Technology and Teamwork - Proceedings, IEEE Professional Communication Society International Professional Communication Conference and ACM Special Interest Group on Documentation Conference, pp. 407–418.

Rethinking the evaluation of writing in engineering courses

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, 1. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035201832&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Speaking in Tongues: Coordinating Multiliterate Work of Tutors and Students Across Disciplines

Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, 5(2), 1–20.

Document collaboration and tacit knowledge

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, 407–418. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034484351&partnerID=MN8TOARS

The virtue of virtual objects

Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Presented at the European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW Conference), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Postmodern pedagogies and the death of civic humanism

Hatmaker, E., Herstad, S., Nugent, M. R., Prothers, L., Strickland, R., & Swarts, J. (1997, July 1). Social Epistemology, Vol. 11, pp. 339–348.