Murray Turoff, 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 and the author of many communications research studies. In 1994, Turoff received the “Pioneer Award” from the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a “key innovator and premier theorist of computer-mediated communications” and for his “significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals using computers.” (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
