Groups should be allowed to establish their own social norms to apply to their shared communications. In general, carrier and service providers should not have to be concerned with content. That should only be the concern of the content providers and the groups and individuals that wish to obtain content. One can design technology that allows groups to set their own standards so that their group-oriented communication process is one that is private to the group and regulated only by the social norms that the group establishes. If the group is paying for this service, then the establishment of norms is their privilege.
Predictor: Hiltz, Starr Roxanne
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 paper they presented at a workshop titled “Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities” for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, researchers Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff say: ”Groups should be allowed to establish their own social norms to apply to their shared communications. In general, carrier and service providers should not have to be concerned with content. That should only be the concern of the content providers and the groups and individuals that wish to obtain content. One can design technology that allows groups to set their own standards so that their group-oriented communication process is one that is private to the group and regulated only by the social norms that the group establishes. If the group is paying for this service, then the establishment of norms is their privilege.”
Biography:Starr Roxanne Hiltz, the co-author of a seminal book about the electronic frontier, “The Network Nation: Human Communication Via Computer” (MIT Press), was a professor of computer and information science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the author of many Internet research studies. In 1994, Hiltz received the “Pioneer Award” from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for her “significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals using computers.” She was among the first to note that computer conferencing could form the basis of new kinds of communities. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: November 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: Ethics/Values
Name of publication: Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities Computer science and Telecommunications Board National Research Council (NRC)
Title, headline, chapter name: A Normative View of Networking Applications
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.njit.edu/~turoff/Papers/dcgov.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney