Networking makes it possible to be “relationship-rich” even when one might feel isolated in one’s local environment. Isolated individuals without access to supportive on-line communities are likely to be “relationship-poor.”
Predictor: Odasz, Frank
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks” by Frank Odasz, the director of Big Sky Telegraph, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. He writes: ”Networking makes it possible to be ‘relationship-rich’ even when one might feel isolated in one’s local environment. Isolated individuals without access to supportive on-line communities are likely to be ‘relationship-poor.'”
Biography:Frank Odasz was an assistant professor of computing education at the University of Colorado and the director of Big Sky Telegraph, a popular community network of the time. He was widely known as a speaker on community networking and educational technologies. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: Relationships
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 118
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne