Kirk St. Amant, Filipp Sapienza, Charles Sides

• Culture, Cyberspace, and the New Challenges for Technical Communicators Kirk St.AmantSECTION I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION IN CYBERSPACECHAPTER 1Using Global Contexts to Localize Online Content for International Audiences R. Peter HunsingerCHAPTER 2Making the User the Localization Expert: Employing User-Customization Strategies in Globalizing Online Content Clinton R. LanierCHAPTER 3Optimizing International Information Systems Matthew McCoolCHAPTER 4Cyberspace, International Intellectual Property Law, and Rhetoric Martine Courant RifeSECTION II: ONLINE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CULTURESCHAPTER 5Pleasure in Naming All the Parts of the Known in Their Expected Order: How Traditional Chinese Agrarian Culture Influences Modern Chinese Cyberspace Communication Daniel D. DingCHAPTER 6What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate: How Cultural Factors Affect Online Communication Between East and West Carol M. BarnumCHAPTER 7Meeting Each Other Online: Corpus-Based Insights on Preparing Professional Writers for International Settings Boyd Davis, Tsui-ping Chen, Hui-fang Peng, and Paul BlewchampSECTION III: CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSCHAPTER 8Virtual Design Studio: Facilitating Online Learning and Communication Between U.S. and Kenyan Participants Audrey Bennett, Ron Eglash, and Mukkai KrishnamoorthyCHAPTER 9Cultural Adaptation of Cybereducation Judith B. StrotherCHAPTER 10Digital Ecologies: Observations of Intercultural Interactions in Learning Management Systems Sipai Klein and Sharon Trujillo LallaMeet the Contributors Index Index

Kirk St. Amant, Filipp Sapienza, Charles Sides

• Culture, Cyberspace, and the New Challenges for Technical Communicators Kirk St.AmantSECTION I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION IN CYBERSPACECHAPTER 1Using Global Contexts to Localize Online Content for International Audiences R. Peter HunsingerCHAPTER 2Making the User the Localization Expert: Employing User-Customization Strategies in Globalizing Online Content Clinton R. LanierCHAPTER 3Optimizing International Information Systems Matthew McCoolCHAPTER 4Cyberspace, International Intellectual Property Law, and Rhetoric Martine Courant RifeSECTION II: ONLINE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CULTURESCHAPTER 5Pleasure in Naming All the Parts of the Known in Their Expected Order: How Traditional Chinese Agrarian Culture Influences Modern Chinese Cyberspace Communication Daniel D. DingCHAPTER 6What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate: How Cultural Factors Affect Online Communication Between East and West Carol M. BarnumCHAPTER 7Meeting Each Other Online: Corpus-Based Insights on Preparing Professional Writers for International Settings Boyd Davis, Tsui-ping Chen, Hui-fang Peng, and Paul BlewchampSECTION III: CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSCHAPTER 8Virtual Design Studio: Facilitating Online Learning and Communication Between U.S. and Kenyan Participants Audrey Bennett, Ron Eglash, and Mukkai KrishnamoorthyCHAPTER 9Cultural Adaptation of Cybereducation Judith B. StrotherCHAPTER 10Digital Ecologies: Observations of Intercultural Interactions in Learning Management Systems Sipai Klein and Sharon Trujillo LallaMeet the Contributors Index Index

Kirk St. Amant, Filipp Sapienza, Charles Sides

• Culture, Cyberspace, and the New Challenges for Technical Communicators Kirk St.AmantSECTION I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION IN CYBERSPACECHAPTER 1Using Global Contexts to Localize Online Content for International Audiences R. Peter HunsingerCHAPTER 2Making the User the Localization Expert: Employing User-Customization Strategies in Globalizing Online Content Clinton R. LanierCHAPTER 3Optimizing International Information Systems Matthew McCoolCHAPTER 4Cyberspace, International Intellectual Property Law, and Rhetoric Martine Courant RifeSECTION II: ONLINE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CULTURESCHAPTER 5Pleasure in Naming All the Parts of the Known in Their Expected Order: How Traditional Chinese Agrarian Culture Influences Modern Chinese Cyberspace Communication Daniel D. DingCHAPTER 6What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate: How Cultural Factors Affect Online Communication Between East and West Carol M. BarnumCHAPTER 7Meeting Each Other Online: Corpus-Based Insights on Preparing Professional Writers for International Settings Boyd Davis, Tsui-ping Chen, Hui-fang Peng, and Paul BlewchampSECTION III: CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSCHAPTER 8Virtual Design Studio: Facilitating Online Learning and Communication Between U.S. and Kenyan Participants Audrey Bennett, Ron Eglash, and Mukkai KrishnamoorthyCHAPTER 9Cultural Adaptation of Cybereducation Judith B. StrotherCHAPTER 10Digital Ecologies: Observations of Intercultural Interactions in Learning Management Systems Sipai Klein and Sharon Trujillo LallaMeet the Contributors Index Index