Computers and Society Student Paper The Social I m p a c t o f a N a t i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n Superhighway Ben Armstrong ]he ~b#versity o f Melbourne Parkville, ~Tctoria Australia bma@mundi l. cs. mu. oz. au Page 10 September 1995 its former incarnations: the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications or the 'Global Village' to name some of the more labeled ones. This is the second important feature to note: it is not a radically new idea, but more like the logical progression from limited, scattered, disjoint networks to a large-scale all interconnected network. The 'National Information Superhighway' is just a specie of this information superhighway except on a national scale. This itself, it is humbly suggested, will eventually become the 'Global Information Superhighway' opening up the whole world information market for companies and users. What has captured the most public imagination is the services and applications which the 'Information Superhighway' will allow access to. Currently entertainment uses are the focus of public attention; however it is clear that these are only the tip of the iceberg. Here is an examination of some
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The social impact of a national information superhighway
Armstrong, Ben
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, Volume 25 (3)
Association for Computing Machinery – Sep 1, 1995
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