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74 Media Studies - II ELECTRONIC MEDIA

! Plain, objective style so that readers can easily grasp details.

It is also important to understand the medium typically used to view
the final product. An HTML document (web page), viewed through a
browser, has different presentational possibilities from the printed page
- most noticeably hyperlinks and animation - that can really enhance
the readers’ experience.

For technical documents to be useful, readers must be able to
understand and employ them without having to decode wordy and
ambiguous prose. Good technical writing clarifies technical jargon; that

is, it presents useful information that is clear and easy to understand for
the intended audience. Poor technical writing may increase confusion
by creating unnecessary technical jargon, or failing to explain unavoidable
technical terms that readers would not be expected to be familiar with.

The three C’s of good technical writing are:
# Clear

# Concise
# Complete

Clear, concise, and complete writing helps the reader to grasp the
meaning quickly.

Technical writers uses computer and other electronic
communications equipment extensively in performing their work. They
also work regularly with publishing software and various authoring
environments to prepare material directly for the Internet Technical
writers frequently work with word processing, graphic design, page
layout and multimedia software. The nature of technical writing is