Big data, big questions

Communication Design Quarterly Aug 2013

Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder

Abstract

One significant concern I have for the future of technical communication, a concern I often share with my students, involves the impact of "big data." Though the term is frequently used with a sneer, or at least a slightly unsettled laugh, the methods for retrieving information from large data sets are improving as I write this. One significant question the field faces is: "what new relationships will develop and what new work will technical communicators be responsible for in emergent big data projects, in coming years?"

Journal: Communication Design Quarterly
Published: 2013-08-01
DOI: 10.1145/2524248.2524253
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Topics: technical communication

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