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Book Reviews: Data Visualization

The Sea We Swim In: How Stories Work in a Data-Driven World

Frank Rose. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. 2024. 300 pages, including index.

Index Terms—digital storytelling, immersive media, misinformation, narrative structure

Reviewed by Bonnie Winstel, Project Analyst, SAIC.

The Sea We Swim In: How Stories Work in …

IEEE Constitution and Bylaws Revisions, Approved March 25th, 2025

Dear members,

On December 7th, 2024, the IEEE Professional Communication Society BoG approved a new Constitution and Bylaws. These revisions to our governance documents were approved by IEEE’s VP, Technical Activities on March 13th, 2025 and are being posted here for comment and review until March …

Book Reviews: Content Strategy

 
 

Content and Copywriting: The Complete Toolkit for Strategic Marketing, 2nd ed.

Margo Berman. New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell. 2024. 508 pages, including index

Index Terms—content creation, copywriting techniques, multimedia campaigns, strategic marketing

Reviewed by—Michelle Gardner.

Margo Berman’s Content and Copywriting: The Complete Toolkit for Strategic Marketing is a valuable guide …

IEEE ProComm Book Reviews–Digital Collection

IEEE PCS/ProComm, via its website, is now publishing vetted book reviews. And while our Transactions on Professional Communication journal will still publish 3-5 book reviews in each print edition, ProComm has more book reviews than room in the printed journal. To that end, IEEE ProComm introduces this …

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Dec Issue Available

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

DECEMBER 2024       VOLUME 67      NUMBER 4       IEPCBU      (ISSN 0361-1434)

INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEWS

The Packaging and Labeling of Cannabis Edibles: Opportunities for Professional Communication Researchers, M. J. Madson

I examined a corpus of 25 empirical studies that covered five aspects of packaging and labeling of …

Experience Design Should Not Make Users Cry

An Experience Design Review of Munich’s Altes Pinakothek Museum

By Kristin Zibell, guest author

June 2024

I thought the Albrecht Dürer masterwork painting, “Selbstbildnis imcPelzrock” would make me cry.cInstead, it was the abominable experience design of the Altes Pinakothek museum that brought me to tears.

My parents and I …

Antenarratives to the Single Story: Tham Interview

 

 
 
Introduction
Over the next weeks and months, we will be highlighting award winners recognized by IEEE ProComm. This week’s interview is with Dr. Jason Tham, who is an Associate Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech University. Tham is also the Assistant Chair of …

Call for Board of Governors (BoG) Nominations 2023

The IEEE Professional Communication Society is managed by a Board of Governors comprising 12 volunteers who work to assure that our society serves its members and the field of technical and professional communication. If you are interested in a higher level of involvement in the society …

Candidates on Slate for 2022-2024 Board of Governors

A slate of six candidates for election to the ProComm Board of Governors for 2022–2024 has been announced.

Nancy Barr, Mercer UniversityZhijun Gao, Peking University Suzanne Lane, MITKira Dreher, University of QatarLin Dong, University of International Business and Economics, BeijingAravindhan Anbazhagan, IEEE ProComm YP representative

The election schedule is as …

Generation Z sets technological boundaries at work, research shows

A recent article from IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication was featured in the Arizona State University news.

Generation Z have been told throughout their high school and collegiate careers that their technology use would distract them in the workplace. However, when they got there, they discovered …