Information technologies pose three types of problems; they intrude on personal privacy; they offer the means for institutions to control their clients; and they encourage practices that threaten certain democratic values.
Predictor: Nelkin, Dorothy
Prediction, in context:The 1997 book “Computers, Ethics, and Society,” edited by M. David Ermann, Mary B. Williams and Michele S. Shauf, carries a reprint of Spring 1994, National Forum: The Phi Kappa Phi Journal article “Information Technologies Could Threaten Privacy, Freedom, and Democracy” by Dorothy Nelkin. Nelkin asserts that Americans are less protective of their privacy rights than they claim to be. She writes: ”Information technologies pose three types of problems; they intrude on personal privacy; they offer the means for institutions to control their clients; and they encourage practices that threaten certain democratic values.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Computers, Ethics, and Society (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Information Technologies Could Threaten Privacy, Freedom, and Democracy
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 21
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne