Blog Post #2: Research Topic and Ten Tentative Sources
For my research topic I will be exploring comics and their use in the field of Technical Communication. Technical writing is about changing people's behavior, and research shows that comics can be more accessible to the general public which make them excellent tools for education and instruction. I will be looking at how comics can be used to advocate for the arts and make them more accessible and welcoming to the general public. In order to do this I must explore successful examples of visual art instruction using comics. I will be conducting a content analysis of the Japanese manga: The Blue Period using a technical communications' lens to understand how this medium can be used by arts nonprofits to advocate for the arts and increase public accessibility in the arts. All of my ten sources come from the July 2020 issue of Technical Communications Quarterly 1. Comics and Graphic Storytelling in Technical Communication - Erin Kathleen Bahl, Sergio Figueire...