Trends shaping technical communicators’ skill sets … involve increasing human-computer interaction in the form of more online, multimedia and Internet activity, as well as more subject-specific and specialized sets of knowledge.
Predictor: Julius, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Computer-Mediated Communication, John December writes about the Society for Technical Communication’s 41st annual conference, held May 16 in Minneapolis. December writes about people’s comments in a session titled “Visions to Shape Technical Communication by the Year 2000,” quoting a panelist: ”Richard T. Julius, of Oracle Corporation, identified trends shaping technical communicators’ skill sets. These trends, according to Julius, involve increasing human-computer interaction in the form of more online, multimedia and Internet activity, as well as more subject-specific and specialized sets of knowledge.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: Human-Machine Interaction
Name of publication: Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: New Media for Technical Communicators
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://december.com/cmc/mag/1994/jun/stc94.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Dorne, Jay