By recognizing the growth of CMC technologies and integrating them into technical communication education, the technical communication instructor can give students competency in a media increasing applications, scope, and importance.
Predictor: December, John
Prediction, in context:John December makes the following remarks in a paper he presented at the Society for Technical Communication’s annual conference in 1994 in Minneapolis:”Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) is becoming more prevalent with the rapid growth of networks known as the Internet. Because of this growth, the ability to communicate using CMC on the Internet is an important part of technical communication education … The rapid growth of computer and information technologies worldwide and their potential for advancing the functions of scientific and technical communication dramatizes the need for technical communicators who are competent in Computer-Mediated Communication … By recognizing the growth of CMC technologies and integrating them into technical communication education, the technical communication instructor can give students competency in a media increasing applications, scope, and importance.”
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: May 16, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Society for Technical Communication
Title, headline, chapter name: Computer-Mediated Communication as a Component of Technical Communication Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.december.com/john/papers/stc94.txt
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