Comparing Cultural Perceptions of Editing from the Author's Point of view

摘要

In "Examining editing in the workplace from the author's point of view: Results of an online survey" (also published in this issue of Technical communication), we presented the overall results of an international online survey of 449 authors who have participated in the editing process. Respondents answered questions about the types of editing their writing receives, the factors that affect their acceptance of editorial comments, and the comment styles they were most likely to follow. In this article, we examine the data further to determine whether differences existed between groups of respondents on the basis of characteristics relating to culture, age, gender, and professional association. Specifically, we examined differences in respondents' answers, grouped by their native language; country of birth; self-assessed reading, writing, and speaking skills; age; gender; and whether they were invited to participate by an STC Technical Editing Special Interest Group (TE SIG) member or by another method.