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Subject:Re: A Definition of Tech Comm From:Joseph J Little <litt0023 -at- MAROON -dot- TC -dot- UMN -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 7 Dec 1994 03:55:40 GMT
(1) In this context, effective means "with the least amount
of distortion." Distortion causes the reader/audience to
receive a different message than the writer/speaker intended
to send.
