The public’s increasing demand for fundamental change in the political system is far from a temporary phenomenon prompted by an emotional reaction to a few highly charged issues like gays in the military or health care reform. It represents a permanent change, made possible, in least in part, by newly empowering interactive telecommunications technologies and by the speed of information that these technologies have spawned.
Predictor: Grossman, Lawrence K.
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age,” Lawrence Grossman, former president of NBC News and PBS, writes: ”The public’s increasing demand for fundamental change in the political system is far from a temporary phenomenon prompted by an emotional reaction to a few highly charged issues like gays in the military or health care reform. It represents a permanent change, made possible, in least in part, by newly empowering interactive telecommunications technologies and by the speed of information that these technologies have spawned.”
Biography:Lawrence Grossman wrote the book “The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in an Information Age” (Penguin, 1995). The former executive at NBC and PBS urged people to realize that digital communications had altered how things can and should be done. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Government
Name of publication: The Electronic Republic (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 1: Transforming Democracy – An Overview
Quote Type: Direct quote
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