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Privacy, Access and Equity, Democracy, and Networked Interactive Media
Privacy, Access and Equity, Democracy, and Networked Interactive Media
Pages 271-279
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As a disciplined, self-regulat~g body we wall see an interactive information and communications infrastructure evolve as a major force for economic development and Individual opportunity within this generation. GENERAL CONTEXT-THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER Harold Innis, an early critical voice in the electronic media age and teacher of Marshall McLuhan, pointed out that new media have precipitated political change throughout history, shilling power toward He citizenry.
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As interest among consumer and business computer users climbs, online activity accelerates exponentially. Growth of commercial online services (e.g., Prodigy, America Online, and CompuServe)
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On He virrual Dontier, privacy issues abound. Individual privacy claims are mnning headlong into He a~ninistrative requirements of government agencies, the competitive concerns of business, and, increasingly, the best efforts of law enforcement.
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It stresses the need for information users to "educate themselves, their employees, and the public about how personal information is obtained, sent, stored and protected, and how these activities affect others." However, to the extent that the NO places the onus of responsibility on individual consumers, it may be assuming too much. This is an increasingly sensitive area in light of recent highly publicized abuses of personal databased information by federal and state government employees: .
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In another case, Treats issued by one individual subscriber to another on Prodigy led to an investigation in which three federal agencies, three states, and seven municipalities made similar jurisdictional requests for information. This is another issue demanding guidelines as the networked interactive infrastructure expands.
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Giving people tax credits to buy PCs, as Newt Gingrich has suggested, may be impractical, but something must be done to provide disadvantaged people with the tools needed to succeed in a knowledge economy. In the future, direct access to networked interactive services will be an integral feature of commonplace consumer electronic equipment.
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We have to get the technologies deployed in minority communities, make sure our children are technologically literate, and seize the entrepreneurial opportunities." Vice President Gore said, 'This is not a matter of guaranteeing the right to play video games, this is a matter of guaranteeing access to essential services. We cannot tolerate, nor in Me long run can this country afford, a society in which some children become fully educated and others do not." The networked interactive media infrastructure, described by Vice President Gore as the "Information Superhighway," can evolve into an infi~ucture as fundamental as the interstate telephone or electrical power systems, enabling individuals of limited means and capacities to meet their own needs.
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. Online participatory government, Tom town meetings to national referendums has been proposed bv opinion leaders including Newt Gingnch and Ross Perot.
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The openness of the Internet has quashed early fears about freedom of speech and access in the new media. But as major content and transport providers begin to position themselves as major players in networked interactive media, concern swells.
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