The prediction, in brief:

The New User is that latent user who may in the long run become the mainstay of the Internet community.

Predictor: McGarty, Terrence P.

Prediction, in context:

The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Internet Architectural and Policy Implications for Migration from High-End User to the ‘New User'” by Terrence P. McGarty and Carole Haywood. McGarty is chairman and CEO of The Telemarc Group, Inc. and Haywood is with RAM Mobile Data Inc. They write:”The New Internet user includes the consumer user, the casual user, the local library user, or the secondary or primary school user. The Internet initially is ancillary to the New User’s general needs, but it frequently becomes an integral part of what they do. The New User is that latent user who may in the long run become the mainstay of the Internet community.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Community/Culture

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)

Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architectural and Policy Implications for Migration from High-End User to the ‘New User’

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 234

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne