It is projects like the electronic journals – primary sources of research information available only with new technology – which set alarm bells ringing for those concerned about what the U.S. organization Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility calls “the new information order.”
Predictor: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Prediction, in context:In his 1993 article on worldwide electronic communication, Mike Holderness writes about electronic journals, quoting a position established by the group Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: ”It is projects like the electronic journals – primary sources of research information available only with new technology – which set alarm bells ringing for those concerned about what the U.S. organization Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility calls ‘the new information order.’ CPSR was formed among Californian computer scientists and technicians in 1981, and is described by journalist and author Bruce Sterling as the U.S.’s ‘veteran cyberpolitical activist group, with more than 2,000 members in 21 local chapters.’ ‘The body of human knowledge,’ a 1992 paper from CPSR’s Berkeley group proclaims, ‘is a social treasure collectively assembled through history. It belongs to no one person, company, or country. As a public treasure, everyone must be guaranteed access to its riches.'”
Date of prediction: March 2, 1993
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: New Scientist
Title, headline, chapter name: Down and Out on the Electronic Frontier
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.poptel.org.uk/nuj/mike/articles/nsc-elec.htm
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