It is likely that opportunities in the new economy will increasingly flow to those with access to the National Information Infrastructure – especially those who can strategically apply its resources, as in using electronic mail to enter labor markets. Access to networking could also encourage civic involvement. For example, a recent consumer survey suggested that voting in elections was a highly desired user of networked information services.
Predictor: Civille, Richard
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “The Internet and the Poor” by Richard Civille, executive director of the Center for Civic Networking, a non-profit organization dedicated to the application of information infrastructure to community and economic development. He writes: ”It is likely that opportunities in the new economy will increasingly flow to those with access to the National Information Infrastructure – especially those who can strategically apply its resources, as in using electronic mail to enter labor markets. Access to networking could also encourage civic involvement. For example, a recent consumer survey suggested that voting in elections was a highly desired user of networked information services.”
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: The Internet and the Poor
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 194
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne