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Writing matters, and so does research into real-life writing. The shift from an industrial to an information society has increased the importance of writing and text production in education, in everyday life and in more and more professions in the fields of economics and politics, science and technology, culture and media. Through writing, we build up organizations and social networks, develop projects, inform colleagues and customers, and generate the basis for decisions. The quality of writing is decisive for social resonance and professional success. This ubiquitous real-life writing is what the present handbook is about. The de Gruyter Handbook of Writing and Text Production brings together and systematizes state-of-the-art research. The volume contains five sections, focussing on (I) the theory and methodology of writing and text production research, as well as on problem-oriented and problem-solving approaches related to (II) authors, (III) modes and media, (IV) genres, and (V) domains of writing and text production. Throughout the 21 chapters, exemplary research projects illustrate the theoretical perspectives from globally relevant research spaces and traditions. Both established and future scholars can benefit from the handbook’s fresh approach to writing in the context of multimodal, multi-semiotic text production.

Schreiben gehört zum Alltag der meisten Berufe. PR-Manager schreiben Konzepte, Hochschullehrer schreiben Gutachten, Journalisten schreiben Artikel, Ingenieure schreiben Berichte. Die Bandbreite beruflichen Schreibens ist groß, sie wird in der Forschung bisher kaum wahrgenommen. Das Buch gibt einen Überblick zu Fragen, Methoden und empirischen Befunden der in Deutschland noch jungen Forschungsdisziplin „Schreiben am Arbeitsplatz“. Anhand von Fallstudien in verschiedenen Berufskontexten und -gruppen werden Strategien und Verfahren des adressaten- und mediengerechten Formulierens, Rahmenbedingungen des Schreibens im Beruf sowie Fragen der Vermittlung berufsspezifischer Schreibkompetenzen diskutiert.