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Download full textWhite, Charles S. – 1996
This paper explores the claims of technology's ability to enhance citizen participation, with particular attention focused on the Internet. The claims are grounded within the larger context of political theory, specifically the tension between representative and direct forms of democracy. Sections of the paper are: Introduction; "What's Wrong with…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
PDF pending restorationYoung, Peter R. – 1991
The boundaries between various information, entertainment, and communication fields are shifting. The edges between our library systems and communication networks are becoming increasingly fuzzy. These fuzzy edges affect concepts of education, learning, and knowledge. The existing library paradigm does not easily accommodate the new, fluid and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Democracy, Freedom of Information
White House Conference on Library and Information Services. – 1991
Intended for use by the delegates to the second White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS2), this issue briefing book contains national issues which have been identified at the governors' pre-White House conferences in the various states and territories. The issues have been assigned to 10 topical areas--Access,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Democracy, Information Networks
Shane, Jackie C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1994
Discusses using the Internet as a tool for delivering information to rural areas and the possible benefits, such as telecommuting, effective dissemination of medical information, and the promotion of grass-roots activism. The means rural residents use to connect to the Internet and their use of bulletin board systems are described. (nine…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Activism, Citizen Participation, Computer Networks
Doctor, Ronald D.; Turner, Philip M. – 1991
This paper, which was presented to National Aeronautics and Space Administration librarians as part of a telecommunications conference, describes features of the proposed National Research and Education Network (NREN). First, NREN's predecessor, the National Science Foundation network (the current NSFnet/Internet system), is discussed and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Democracy
Swift, Don – 1992
The objectives of the Launching Conference of the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) are reviewed, and its recommendations are explored. The conference participants considered how theories, teaching, and administrative practices in distance education worldwide could be used to design a new distance education system for a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Networks, Conferences, Democracy
