Freedom of Information in a Post 9-11 World

Freedom of Information in a Post 9-11 World is, to date, the first international scholarly examination of the impact of the terrorist attack on the United States in terms of how it may alter academic and corporate research, as well as the sharing of information generated by that research, by international colleagues in technological fields. The collection of essays brings together a widely varied panel of communications experts from different backgrounds and cultures to focus their expertise on the ramifications of this world-changing event. Drawing upon the related but separate disciplines of law, interpersonal communication, semiotics, rhetoric, management, information sciences, and education, the collection adds new insight to the potential future challenges high-tech professionals and academics will face in a global community that now seems much less communal than it did prior to September 11, 2001.Intended Audience: Communications scholars and students in technical, scientific, and business disciplines-particularly those that participate in the global marketplace.

Charles H. Sides, Ph.D., is Director of Internships and professor in the Department of Communications Media at Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. An international consultant to high-tech, defense, and publications industries in the United States, Far East, and Middle East, he has published seven books, including the highly regarded How to Write and Present Technical Information (Oryx/Greenwood), and over two dozen scholarly articles on a wide range of technical communications issues. He is Executive Editor of the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, as well as Editor of the Baywood Technical Communication Book Series.