Call for Proposals, Special Issue of Technical Communication: Transmedia, Participatory Culture, and Digital Creation

In recent years, digital creation has become a more participatory process. As media companies struggle to maintain control over their own products, consumers continually demand more access to the creative process and more input on the final results. While this may seem on the surface to be a simple matter of intellectual property, a closer examination of trends reveals that both consumers and media companies have much to gain (and lose) from this debate.

New Technical Communication Editor Announced

STC has named Dr. Sam Dragga of Texas Tech University as the new editor of its journal Technical Communication. Dr. Dragga will begin reviewing manuscripts on 15 June 2015 and will be editor of record for a three-year term beginning in January 2016. Technical Communication publishes articles about the practical application of technical communication theory and serves as a common arena for discussion by practitioners and scholars.