CMC systems will eventually allow for multi-media and even virtual-reality message content.
Predictor: December, John
Prediction, in context:John December made the following statement about computer-mediated communication (CMC) in a 1993 paper presented at the 12th annual Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition:”CMC systems create a global village because they transcend limitations of time and space … electronic mail, computer conferencing and bulletin board systems provide participants with different ways to transcend time and space … Current CMC systems do have the have limitation of being largely text-based, although sound and photographs are regularly exchanged. CMC systems will eventually allow for multi-media and even virtual-reality message content.”
Biography:John December’s publications include articles and books about the World Wide Web, Internet and Java. From 1985 to 1989, he developed software and graphical user interfaces to analyze aircraft requirements for military missions at Boeing. He later became president of December Communications, an online Web-publishing, presentations, and consulting company based in Milwaukee, Wis. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: July 8, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Characteristics of Oral Culture in Discourse on the Net
Title, headline, chapter name: CMC Characteristics
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://december.com/john/papers/pscrc93.txt
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