Review of: Know your reader: the scientific approach to readability

Reviews the book Know your reader: The scientific approach to readability , by George R. Klare and Byron Buck . This book is an important contribution to the growing literature on problems of communication. The three-word title shifts attention from the writer to the reader. And the five-word subtit...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1955-06, Vol.39 (3), p.200-201
Main Author: Paterson, Donald G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Human
Readability
Rhetoric
Written Communication
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Summary:Reviews the book Know your reader: The scientific approach to readability , by George R. Klare and Byron Buck . This book is an important contribution to the growing literature on problems of communication. The three-word title shifts attention from the writer to the reader. And the five-word subtitle tells the communicator that this book will force him to consider the arts of rhetoric and composition and to plunge into the domain of the science of readability. The general objective of the book is to provide writers with information that will help them to communicate more effectively. The reviewer feels that the serious student of communication, whether he be a writer or a psychologist, will welcome this book because it brings together the facts and principles contained in the comprehensive 193-item bibliography.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/h0039505