Are we there yet? An examination of where we've been and where we're headed as technical communicators

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 297-309

  Rauch, Marta ^a   Morrison, Cheryl ^a   Goetz, Aline ^a  

^a ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation for social media and Web 2.0; Future trends for writing and technical communication

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER INTERACTION; FUTURE TRENDS; INFORMATION SHARING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS; TECHNICAL INFORMATION; TROUBLESHOOTING; WEB 2.0;

COMMUNICATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77956439203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2010.5530027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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