By 1996, we will begin to see some number of campaigns either won or lost because campaign operations either use or fail to use network communication and organization.
Predictor: Warren, Jim
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 interview with reporter William Powers of The Washington Post, Jim Warren discussed a new method of campaigning for office: the Internet. Warren, an activist who proposed that California’s legislature should be run online, tells Powers: ”By 1996, we will begin to see some number of campaigns either won or lost because campaign operations either use or fail to use network communication and organization.”
Biography:Jim Warren was the founding editor of Dr. Dobbs’ Journal, a publication about high-tech, and was the founder/organizer of the West Coast Computer Faire. He was active in networking in the 1980s and by 1992 had organized the First Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference and set up the first online public dialogue link with the California legislature. When he won an EFF Pioneer Award in 1992, he was noted as being “instrumental in assuring that rights common to older mediums and technologies are extended to computer networking.” (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Campaigns/Voting
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: Virtual Politics: Campaigning in Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Walsh, Meghan