By writing you enter a conversation about a research topic with your own contributions. Failing to address your audience appropriately means you’re not playing the game of academic communication according to its rules. If you wrote only for yourself and tried to publish your text, you would fail. You have to make sure that you’re writing for others and taking your potential reading audience into account.
You see, the question isn’t that trivial after all. It’s, in fact, the backbone of science. If you want to participate in science, you have to communicate your research in some form and play according to the rules. Texts in the form of journal articles, books, book chapters and more represent the primary media of academic communication. Those who claim to have done research but didn’t or couldn’t communicate it properly won’t be seen as part of the scientific conversation. Be a pro, know what your writing can do, as well as why and how.
[17] A second answer
The first answer is likely something that many writers would eventually conclude. A second answer, however, will be equally relevant to you. Writing not only communicates information to others, it also helps you to record, work with and reflect information to yourself. Phrases such as “writing to learn” or “writing as research”/“research as writing” imply as much. Throughout the entire writing process, which we will look at in the next chapter, you’re using writing as a means for different ends. It’s a multifaceted tool that externalizes your thoughts, and allows you to forget and then return to the information.
Writing thus not only produces communication in the form of texts, but also represents the medium through which thoughts become communication for different purposes.
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