New technology has the potential to divide the haves and have-nots, making its availability to children from all backgrounds crucial.
Predictor: Lazarus, Wendy
Prediction, in context:A 1995 article for the Annenberg Washington Program Update from Northwestern University’s Communications Policy Studies program quotes Wendy Lazarus, co-director of The Children’s Partnership. The article says: ”Lazarus emphasized eight conclusions drawn from the report [‘America’s Children & The Information Superhighway’] about children and the new information age: 1) New technology has the potential to divide the haves and have-nots, making its availability to children from all backgrounds crucial; 2) New jobs increasingly require ‘information literacy,’ making knowledge of the new technology necessary; 3) The market alone will not deliver the new technology and appropriate content to all children; 4) In order for the market to work, a strong public policy framework is needed; 5) the only way to democratize the distribution of new technology is through community institutions such as schools and libraries; 6) Children will need new protections from certain content on the information superhighway; 7) Parents are one of the most important ‘gatekeepers’ for children, but they need more education and new tools; and 8) To ensure that the gap between the haves and the have-nots does not widen, a strong public constituency concerned with children’s issues be formed.”
Date of prediction: May 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: The Annenberg Washington Program: Update
Title, headline, chapter name: America’s Children & The Information Superhighway; May 25, 1995, Washington
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.annenberg.nwu.edu/events/up6795.pdf
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney