Anyone with a computer and modem and access to the Internet or the major commercial network-service providers can now lobby the White House electronically, perhaps providing a glimpse of a future where special interests will engage in remote telelobbying and Ross Perot will not even be able to tell us what kinds of shoes lobbyists are wearing.
Predictor: Rosenbaum, Howard
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for the International Journal of Information Management, Howard Rosenbaum and Blaise Cronin cover e-commerce. They write: ”Recently, a press release was widely posted on the network announcing that … Presiden Clinton and Vice President Gore had acquired e-mail addresses: President@whitehouse.gov and Vice.President@whitehouse.gov. Anyone with a computer and modem and access to the Internet or the major commercial network-service providers can now lobby the White House electronically, perhaps providing a glimpse of a future where special interests will engage in remote telelobbying and Ross Perot will not even be able to tell us what kinds of shoes lobbyists are wearing. According to the press release, there will be a rapid acknowledgement of the receipt of the message, and statistics will be gathered detailing the numbers of messages received and their subjects. Tailored responses, sadly, will take a bit more time.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: E-mail
Name of publication: International Journal of Information Management
Title, headline, chapter name: Digital Entrepreneurship: Doing Business on The Information Superhighway
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 461
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Garrison, Betty