The mass media will rapidly lose the vast political power they have exercised for so long. Power will move into constantly shifting communities of shopkeepers, housewives, Yale bulldogs, fruit-juice drinkers, nudists, sandal-wearers, nature-cure quacks, pacifists and phesbian leminists.
Predictor: Huber, Peter
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article for Forbes magazine, Peter Huber, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, makes the following statement:”The mass media will rapidly lose the vast political power they have exercised for so long. Power will move into constantly shifting communities of shopkeepers, housewives, Yale bulldogs, fruit-juice drinkers, nudists, sandal-wearers, nature-cure quacks, pacifists and phesbian leminists. The networked society will be shaped by the accumulation of individual decisions to meet or stay apart, to buy or sell, to speak or to remain silent.”
Biography:Peter Huber, a lawyer with degrees from MIT and Harvard, was a 1990s expert in telecommunications. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: Forbes
Title, headline, chapter name: Telephone Democracy
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web14.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+1+ln+en%2Dus+sid+21373427%2D696C%2D4C22%2D8950%2D24281E7EBCC9%40sessionmgr5+D494&_us=bs+Peter++Huber+ds+Peter++Huber+dstb+KS+hd+0+hs+0+or+Date+ri+KAAACBWB00018850+sm+KS+so+b+ss+SO+3B20&cf=1&fn=41&rn=46
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