ABSTRACT
As Friedmann (2005) so aptly put it, the world is rapidly becoming flat. By
making the access to, and the exchange and communication of, information a
global concern, technology has become the driving engine behind this rapid
change from cultural and economic isolation to integration. The Internet has made
it as easy and as cheap for someone in New Delhi to access information at
Harvard as it is for a student in Boston. As a result, interculturally competent
technical communication professionals will be increasingly in demand as people
struggle to cope with the communication concerns that result from this global
intersection of cultures.
