Top-down publishing, trying to rein people in with exclusivity, registration, and proprietary technology is tantamount to fighting the Net. Working with the Net requires openness – unlimited content, ease of access, open standards, low overhead, independent producers. Of the two, working with the Net makes for better Web sites, and happier readers.
Predictor: Hall, Justin Allyn
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 speech he gave at a Rand Corporation-sponsored conference titled News Industries & Journalism: Preparing for 2010; New Directions for News, Justin Hall makes the following statement:”The Web has greater potential than just larger markets and larger revenues. When people can browse through a site in a matter of seconds and leave for an independent operator in a single bound, the rules are changed. Bridging the gap by relying on old systems creates undue burdens on both users and providers. Top-down publishing, trying to rein people in with exclusivity, registration, and proprietary technology is tantamount to fighting the Net. Working with the Net requires openness – unlimited content, ease of access, open standards, low overhead, independent producers. Of the two, working with the Net makes for better Web sites, and happier readers.”
Biography:Justin Hall worked briefly at Wired in 1994, during a sabbatical from his college days at Swarthmore. He started his own irreverent e-zine, covering diverse topics and providing links all over the Web. He later worked for ZDTV and Games.com and as a freelance journalist. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: June 13, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: News Industries & Journalism: Preparing for 2010; New Directions for News
Title, headline, chapter name: Publishing Empowerment: Decentralizing Media for Human Potential
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.links.net/vita/speak/ndn/pubpower.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney