Categories: Technology
Summary:
Hofstetter proved to be correct in his prediction that multimedia literacy would be the next big skillset needed throughout the professional fields. Forward-thinking individuals, academic programs, and businesses recognized the need for such training and became early adapters of the various formats and skills he outlined.
Citation-worthy:
"Multimedia is redefining the communication system that forms the infrastructure of the society in which we work and live" (Hofstetter, 1994, p. 8).
"To state the need succinctly: Everyone who plans to function productively in twenty-first century society needs to know about multimedia" (Hofstetter, 1994, p. 12).