Re: philosophy & tech comm

Subject: Re: philosophy & tech comm
From: Ronald Lee Stone <ston0030 -at- GOLD -dot- TC -dot- UMN -dot- EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 12:06:47 -0500

I'll try to tie together some of the previous posts on this.

Regarding a "the greatest good of the greatest number" approach
to tech comm, it may be useful to explore how it relates to a
"user-based" approach. This is, in fact, a problem in audience
analysis that even Plato had grappled with.

I like a "user-based" approach because it can subsume a number
of particular audience types. "User" may be related in terms
similar to the "greatest number." One may often need to
accommodate an audience whether manifest as a "one" or a "many."
Both may be important to the development and use of a product.

I don't know of any better approach than a "user-based" approach
for accomplishing this.

Until later,

Ron

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