IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication最新文献

{"title":"The Routledge Handbook of the Translation Industry: Callum Walker and Joseph Lambert, Eds.: [Book Review]","authors":"Shuang Liu","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3685342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3685342","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"259-260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11552382","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148172034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Charting a New Course: An Inventory of Data Visualization Scholarship in TPC From 2013 to 2023","authors":"Sara C. Doan;Steven S. Brooks","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3686896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3686896","url":null,"abstract":"<bold><i>Background:</i></b> This article presents a systematic review of data visualization scholarship in technical and professional communication (TPC) from 2013 to 2023. For interdisciplinary fields, such as TPC, where scholars draw on a wide range of epistemologies and methodologies, identifying patterns and trends prevents scholars from unknowingly talking past each other. <bold><i>Literature review:</i></b> Our study was grounded in categorization scholarship in technical communication and contemporary issues the field faces. <bold><i>Research questions:</i></b> 1. What kinds of articles are being published on data visualizations in TPC? 2. What case studies or examples do TPC scholars use to study data visualizations and from which disciplines or domains do they draw? 3. How can we categorize the types of data visualization written about in TPC journals? 4. What can these findings tell us about the current state of data visualizations in TPC journals and where further attention might be needed? <bold><i>Methodology:</i></b> We conducted a content analysis of 94 articles across seven leading TPC journals. We developed a code book to identify common subject themes across scholarship looking at various types of data visualization types and topics. <bold><i>Results:</i></b> Our results explore the field's growing emphasis on socially engaged themes, such as health, risk, and environmental justice. <bold><i>Conclusion:</i></b> We call TPC to turn attention to accessibility and pedagogy.","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"168-182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11534485","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148172035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Evolving Sentiments in Professional Communication: A Diachronic and Cross-Disciplinary Study of Academic Writing","authors":"Hua Wang;Qingshun He","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3685774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3685774","url":null,"abstract":"<bold><i>Background:</i></b> The strategic use of positive and negative language is important to stance and credibility construction in professional communication. Academic writing is a primary mode of expert-to-expert communication, where linguistic sentiments reflect authorial negotiation and knowledge presentation. <bold><i>Literature review:</i></b> While prior research suggested a linguistic positivity bias in specific contexts, diachronic trends in positivity and negativity across disciplines remains unexplored, particularly regarding how such shifts reshape communicative functions. <bold><i>Research questions:</i></b> RQ1. What are the diachronic trends of linguistic positivity and negativity in academic writing across soft and hard sciences? RQ2. How do communicative functions of sentiment-laden sentences evolve across the two disciplinary groups? <bold><i>Methodology:</i></b> A corpus of 3000 articles published between 1974 and 2023, from soft and hard sciences was compiled. Computational sentiment analysis was combined with manual rhetorical coding to identify sentiment trends and communicative functions. <bold><i>Results:</i></b> Soft sciences become more neutral over time. Hard sciences remain stable in negative sentiment, but show an increase in positive sentiment scores. Functionally, soft sciences favor positive evaluations when introducing prior studies and attenuate sentiment in conclusions. Hard sciences increasingly introduce prior work critically and frame conclusions positively. <bold><i>Conclusion:</i></b> These findings reveal evolving disciplinary norms in professional communication, where sentiment is strategically employed to construct knowledge and persuade peers. Writers may amplify innovation through positive framing or signal research gaps through critique. Such insights inform professional communication pedagogy by guiding students to balance critique and promotion to enhance professional authority and disciplinary alignment. Future research may examine sentiment patterns in other professional genres, such as corporate social responsibility reports and popular scientific texts.","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"222-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148172036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Human is the New Vinyl: Why Human Creativity Still Wins in the AI Revolution: Micah Voraritskul: [Book Review]","authors":"Geoffrey Hart","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3685343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3685343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"252-254"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11552445","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148171978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lost in Automatic Translation: Navigating Life in English in the Age of Language Technologies: [Book Review]","authors":"Donald R. Riccomini","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3689645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3689645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"255-256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11553164","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148171981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century: Christopher Thaiss and Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher: [Book Review]","authors":"Diane Martinez","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3685220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3685220","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"261-262"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11552442","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148171973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Surviving (and Thriving) as Organizational Newcomers: Technical Communicators and Proactive Socialization","authors":"Kim Sydow Campbell;Samantha Jo Cosgrove;Maia Pacini","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3685778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3685778","url":null,"abstract":"<bold><i>Background:</i></b> Socialization challenges for employee onboarding are well-established in management studies. This study investigates awareness of proactive socialization tactics for newly hired technical communicators. <bold><i>Literature review:</i></b> The review examines organizational socialization within management studies and technical communication. Literature reveals the relevance and some application of this theory to technical communicators and encourages further research. <bold><i>Research questions:</i></b> Do experienced professionals recognize proactive socialization tactics as a means of successful onboarding? What proactive socialization tactics do experienced professionals mention as appropriate for new technical writers? <bold><i>Methodology:</i></b> Semistructured interviews were conducted with technical writers and their managers (n = 28), and transcripts were coded for instances of proactive socialization tactics (i.e., sensemaking, relationship building, and positive framing) mentioned as challenges faced by newly hired technical writers. <bold><i>Results and conclusion:</i></b> Participants overwhelmingly recognized proactive behaviors as valuable, mentioning sensemaking most frequently (n = 25) followed by relationship building (n = 10) and positive framing (n = 5). Results offer four actionable insights for new technical writers: 1. be proactive to move more quickly through stages of onboarding; 2. seek information and feedback by independent learning, asking questions, and volunteering; 3. build relationships through social activities; and 4. aim to frame new or less-desirable tasks positively. Research limitations included sample size, interview methodology, deductive coding, and the prominence of remote/hybrid participants. Future research could explicitly address proactive socialization tactics through surveys for a larger sample size and more generalizable findings and explore differences in tactics specific to onsite versus distributed work arrangements.","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"131-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148172008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IEEE Professional Communication Society Publication Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3698282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3698282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"C2-C2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11552444","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148171979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Rise of Professional Obfuscation: A Diachronic Analysis of Abstract Readability in China’s Foreign Linguistics Journals (2004–2023)","authors":"Yueyang Su;Chenghui Wu;Hanlin Xu","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3686899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3686899","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;bold&gt;&lt;i&gt;Background:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Readability is a cornerstone of effective professional communication. However, a central tension exists in abstracts: while knowledge dissemination demands clarity, the promotional goal of securing impact may paradoxically incentivize authors to compromise readability by using linguistic complexity to signal competence. &lt;bold&gt;&lt;i&gt;Literature review:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Foundational critiques and global diachronic studies have documented a widespread decline in abstract readability, often interpreting it as “professional obfuscation.” Yet, it remains unclear how this professional practice manifests in foreign linguistics journals in China, a field uniquely positioned between international paradigms and a domestic community. &lt;bold&gt;&lt;i&gt;Research questions:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; 1. How has the readability of abstracts in top foreign linguistics journals in China changed over time from 2004 to 2023? 2. How do their readability features compare with those observed in philosophy and information science? 3. Are there any variations in abstract readability across different top foreign linguistics journals in China? &lt;bold&gt;&lt;i&gt;Methodology:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; A corpus of 14,088 abstracts from eight top foreign linguistics journals in China and journals from two comparison disciplines (philosophy and information science) was quantitatively analyzed using a multidimensional framework assessing five indicators: lexical richness, syntactic richness, semantic richness, semantic accuracy, and semantic clarity. &lt;bold&gt;&lt;i&gt;Results and discussion:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The findings reveal three key patterns. First, a significant diachronic decline in overall readability was observed: lexical and semantic richness increased, while semantic accuracy and clarity decreased. Syntactic richness exhibited a more complex two-phase pattern, declining until 2018, before rising again. Second, cross-disciplinarily, linguistics abstracts have evolved to mirror the low semantic accuracy of information science and the diminished clarity of philosophy. Third, substantial variations were found across individual journals, reflecting differing topical specializations and editorial practices. These trends are collectively interpreted as evidence of a shift toward professional obfuscation, likely driven by institutional pressures. &lt;bold&gt;&lt;i&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Our findings reveal that the trend toward professional obfuscation has not only persisted but, in some respects, intensified, confirming in a specific local context what remains a pressing global challenge. To counter this, we recommend that stakeholders implement concrete editorial policies, such as integrating readability metrics into peer review, requiring plain language summaries, and promoting visual abstracts. They can equip technical and professional communication (TPC) practitioners with a multidimensional framework to effectively diagnose and counteract this textual complexity. These actionable steps are critical for academia to champion readability ov","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"201-221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148171980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"User Research Across Contexts: Integrating Academic Rigor and Industry Innovation","authors":"Guiseppe Getto;Amanda Stockwell;Michael Kerr Griffin","doi":"10.1109/TPC.2026.3685776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2026.3685776","url":null,"abstract":"<bold><i>Introduction:</i></b> This tutorial investigates how user research is conceptualized and practiced across academic and industry contexts. Although both communities share an interest in understanding users, their definitions, methods, and purposes for conducting user research differ in significant ways. These differences complicate knowledge transfer between theory and practice. <bold><i>Key concepts:</i></b> Drawing from 40 academic sources and 35 practitioner articles, we synthesize key ideas related to the definition, purposes, and methods of user research. Academic literature shows broad conceptual inconsistency, often associating user research with overlapping terms, such as user advocacy, usability testing, and contextual inquiry. Practitioner literature, in contrast, frames user research pragmatically, as a structured and iterative process used to inform product design and usability. <bold><i>Key lessons:</i></b> We present five lessons that help technical communicators and user-experience (UX) professionals navigate this split. These lessons include defining research scope clearly for an audience, adjusting expectations of methodological rigor depending on context, blending academic depth with industry speed, recognizing user research as a negotiation between competing demands, and advocating for grounded and cumulative research across communities. <bold><i>Implications:</i></b> By making visible the often unspoken differences in how user research is understood, this tutorial offers practical strategies for technical communicators, UX researchers, and designers who work across academic and industry settings. It encourages more intentional framing of research practices with the goal of improving mutual understanding and, ultimately, better outcomes for users.","PeriodicalId":46950,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication","volume":"69 2","pages":"238-251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148172005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}