Blog Post #3 RESEARCH GAP

In the world of PTW, we understand that technical communication on any medium must be effective and understandable for the reader. The missing research that I have noticed is whether legal jargon can really be understood by users of certain websites. The websites that I am specifically talking about are those websites that are ran or funded by any local or federal government. Legal terminology use can be an indirect way of excluding groups of people who are not familiar with the field, as as a PTW, we must cater to their lack thereof. More research needs to be done in the above mentioned websites and we must further investigate whether the average user of said websites understand the terminology. The solution of this problem should be addressed with the use of hyperlinks that define terminology for the average user.

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  1. Allison FurseOctober 5, 2021 at 7:05 PM

    This is a really interesting research topic and a concerning research gap. What you said about how legal language can be inadvertently exclusive to certain groups and individuals makes sense to me , and it's surprising that there isn't any research on that topic. My question for you would be how are you going to address this gap in your own research? Were you able to find other research that was connected enough to your topic that it gave you a good foundation for your own research?

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  2. Jaci CookOctober 5, 2021 at 7:11 PM

    I would be so interested to see more research in this area - because to be completely honest, I get lost in a lot of legal jargon. I think that it would be beneficial data to see just how much of a gap there is between understanding at a government level vs an individual. When legal jargon is so important to every single person living in America, I think it's crucial to have a pretty good understanding of the laws! Hyperlinks would be a creative and effective solution...how would you prepare for data collection? Is there a way that quantitative analysis could be involved, since you're working with federal information? Good luck with this!

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