As these technologies reinforce the strength of connections between members of wired communities, the gap between these communities and the social community as a whole widens. These technologies can act to create distance as well as to destroy it.
Predictor: Monberg, John
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Computer-Mediated Communication magazine, John Monberg, a graduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, writes: ”Computer/communication technologies can indeed create new connections between researchers, instruments and audiences. But access to these networks is far from equally distributed. As these technologies reinforce the strength of connections between members of wired communities, the gap between these communities and the social community as a whole widens. These technologies can act to create distance as well as to destroy it.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: Welcome to the Emerald City! Please Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1994/nov/emerald.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Walsh, Meghan