The prediction, in brief:

We are talking about revitalizing local economies and civic instititutions. We are talking about improving delivery of government services, revitalizing the quality of public debate, reducing poverty and changing welfare as we know it.

Predictor: Civille, Richard

Prediction, in context:

In a 1993 article for The Wall Street Journal, Laurie Hays writes about social questions raised by the Internet. She interviews Richard Civille of the Center for Civic Networking:”One day, the networks could prove invaluable in tackling such intractable problems as welfare distribution, and provide access to the National Institutes of Health for information on treating diseases. ‘We are talking about revitalizing local economies and civic instititutions,’ says Richard Civille, director of the Washington office of the Center for Civic Networking, which was founded a year ago to promote the public benefits and applications of the Internet. ‘We are talking about improving delivery of government services, revitalizing the quality of public debate, reducing poverty and changing welfare as we know it.'”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1993

Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics

Subtopic: Democracy

Name of publication: Wall Street Journal

Title, headline, chapter name: Technology (A Special Report): A New World – Personal Effects: Amid All the Talk About the Wonders of the Networks, Some Nagging Social Questions Arise

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?INT=0&SelLanguage=0&TS=1046812098&Did=000000028091201&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=42&Sid=1&RQT=309

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