Extended abstract: The presence of professionalism in technical communication: Views from industry and the academy

In this study, we examine 184 articles from four technical communication research journals and one industry magazine that are related to professionalism of the field of technical communication. We found that the majority of the articles related to professionalism came from the industry publication. The research journals also published articles related to professionalism, but at a much lower frequency. The results of the study indicate that technical communication researchers have ceded the responsibility of studying the professionalism and the career of professional technical communicators to others.