I see the Internet potentially as one of the ways that there can be a large number of users responding to a broadcast. When that happens, broadcasting becomes communication.
Predictor: Bell, Cameron
Prediction, in context:In the 1994 book “Canadian Internet Handbook,” the authors quote Cameron Bell, the executive producer of “Front Page Challenge,” the world’s longest continuously running television panel show. They write:”Cameron [Bell] thinks that the Internet offers new methods to obtain this feedback: ‘I see the Internet potentially as one of the ways that there can be a large number of users responding to a broadcast. When that happens, broadcasting becomes communication.’ In fact, Cameron believes that a technology like the Internet will have a profound impact on broadcast journalism – by turning it into more of a two-way communication system, rather than merely a one-way show.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: TV/Films/Video
Name of publication: Canadian Internet Handbook
Title, headline, chapter name: Using The Internet In Canada
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: Burnham, Jay