Perhaps the organizations most concerned about losing out if the government does not play a big role in the data superhighway are libraries, schools, hospitals and other public institutions. If the highway is built and run by private interests without significant government investment, these institutions might not be able to afford hooking up to the network.
Predictor: Henderson, Carol C.
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 New York Times article, John Markoff reports on the arguments over who should build the proposed information superhighway and quotes Carol Henderson of the American Library Association. Markoff writes: ”Perhaps the organizations most concerned about losing out if the government does not play a big role in the data superhighway are libraries, schools, hospitals and other public institutions. If the highway is built and run by private interests without significant government investment, these institutions might not be able to afford hooking up to the network. ‘There is a danger of the public interest being lost here,’ said Carol C. Henderson, deputy director of the Washington office of the American Library Association. ‘We see libraries as the public institution available everywhere that could be the safety net for those who can’t afford such access.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Government
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Building the Electronic Superhighway
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=06df318c7c877e4f99b4d681fd5d7d8a&_docnum=11&wchp=dGLbVzb-lSlAl&_md5=fe0727c350edc2a7ea67660126e27835
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