Professionals’ Understanding of Accessibility Regarding Business Communication Materials

IF 1.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-11-24 DOI:10.1177/23294906221133068

Sherrie L. Drye, Stephanie Kelly, Thelma Woodard

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to gauge the understanding of accessibility related to business communication material among individuals working in corporate America. Participants were asked to define accessibility, then given a definition of accessibility, and then asked to identify how to make a report and a visual accessible. A substantial number of participants were not able to define accessibility, nor identify how to make accessible changes to a report or visual. Those who could define accessibility considered accessibility goals in terms of general access to resources, usability, audience analysis, or disability-related accessibility. Business majors were less likely than other majors to be able to identify disability-related methods of making a report or visual accessible. Implications for business communication education are discussed.

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专业人士对商务沟通材料可及性的理解

本研究的目的是衡量在美国公司工作的个人对商业沟通材料的可及性的理解。参与者被要求定义可访问性，然后给出可访问性的定义，然后被要求确定如何制作报告和可视化的可访问性。相当数量的参与者不能定义可访问性，也不能确定如何对报告或可视化进行可访问的更改。那些能够定义可访问性的人根据对资源的一般访问、可用性、受众分析或与残疾相关的可访问性来考虑可访问性目标。商务专业的学生比其他专业的学生更不可能识别出与残疾相关的方法来制作报告或视觉无障碍。讨论了商务沟通教育的意义。

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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly COMMUNICATION-

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2.40

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38.50%

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期刊介绍： Business and Professional Communication Quarterly is the only refereed journal devoted to research that advances the teaching of communication in the workplace. The journal aims to present the many interdisciplinary, international, and organizational perspectives that characterize the field and specifically to publish research that advances knowledge about business and professional communication pedagogy and praxis in both academic and workplace settings, including technical and scientific communication, rhetoric, program design and assessment, the impact of technology, sustainability, global and multicultural issues, nonprofit communication, and best practices. As an interdisciplinary journal, BPCQ welcomes manuscripts that address a variety of theoretical, applied, and practical approaches and topics in the teaching and praxis of business, corporate, organizational, professional, or technical communication, including qualitative and quantitative research on classroom teaching or assessment, case studies of specific classroom techniques, reports on strategies for program development, innovative assignments or methodologies, and reviews of scholarship relevant to business and professional communication pedagogy. BPCQ especially welcomes manuscripts that address the principles of SoTL (scholarship of teaching and learning). BPCQ also publishes articles on a particular theme, for which a call may be announced on the ABC website: http://www.businesscommunication.org. Information on submitting book reviews can be found at http://www.montclair.edu/cwe/bcq