The prediction, in brief:

If you want to hold users, the more you allow two-way communication, the more successful you’ll be.

Predictor: Grundner, Tom

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for Governing, Christopher Conte quotes Tom Grundner of the National Public Telecommunications Network. Conte writes:”City officials are missing what fundamentally motivates many participants in the online world. ‘What people really are looking for is interactivity,’ says Tom Grundner, president of the National Public Telecommunications Network. ‘If you want to hold users, the more you allow two-way communication, the more successful you’ll be.’ Grundner’s organization promotes the construction of community-based computer networks. ‘Free-nets’ already have been built in 46 cities, and 30 more have lined up funds to begin construction. An additional 120 cities in 42 states and 10 foreign countries have formed free-net organizing committees.”

Date of prediction: June 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics

Subtopic: Democracy

Name of publication: Governing

Title, headline, chapter name: Teledemocracy: For Better or Worse

Quote Type: Paraphrase

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSPage?pagename=ftascii:pagetype=print:entityprinting=true:entity/currecno=3:sessionid=sp02sw13-51432-dcclo9q5-oonjnt:entitypagenum=6:1

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney