The Internet may represent journalism’s ultimate liberation. On the Net, anyone with a computer and a modem can be his own reporter, editor and publisher – spreading news and views to millions of readers around the world.
Predictor: Elmer-Dewitt, Philip
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Time Magazine, Philip Elmer-Dewitt writes about conflicting views about the development and uses of the Internet:”If it is true, as A.J. Liebling once wrote, that ‘freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one,’ then the Internet may represent journalism’s ultimate liberation. On the Net, anyone with a computer and a modem can be his own reporter, editor and publisher – spreading news and views to millions of readers around the world.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: Time
Title, headline, chapter name: Battle for the Soul of the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
gopher://insight.mcmaster.ca/00/org/efc/media/time.25jul94
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney