This fusing of communication with computer networks is creating “an infrastructure that will profoundly reshape our economy and society.”
Predictor: Dertouzos, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a research presentation for the 1993 International Professional Communication Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, John December quotes a Michael Dertouzos statement that was made in a 1991 issue of Scientific American. December writes: ”Once the province of computer scientists working in computer networking, the Internet today is accessible to many people on college campuses, in corporations, small companies, private organizations, and to homes through many commercial and public-access services. This fusing of communication with computer networks is creating ‘an infrastructure that will profoundly reshape our economy and society.'”
Date of prediction: September 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: International Professional Communication Conference of the IEEE
Title, headline, chapter name: Directions for Computer-Mediated Scholarship
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.december.com/john/papers/ipcc93.txt
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