Subject: NYT Article - E-mail for Everyone
Steven Clift (clift@publicus.net)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:05:44 -0500
Message-Id: <199804161912.OAA28186@mail.wavefront.com> From: "Steven Clift" <clift@publicus.net> To: EMFA@publicus.net Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:05:44 -0500 Subject: NYT Article - E-mail for Everyone
E-MAIL FOR ALL - An Outreach Campaign of the Markle Foundation
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Greetings. An article in the New York Times Cybertimes on April
11, 1998 provided an excellent overview of the Markle Foundation's
E-Mail for All outreach campaign.
The article, "Studies Explore Possibilities of E-mail for Everyone,"
by Rebecca Fairley Raney, is available, along with numerous
articles, conference reports, and studies, from the EMFA site at:
http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa/
Questions or comments about the E-Mail for All may be sent to the
International Advisory Group via e-mail at: iaclaa@aol.com
Or contact us via telephone at: 212.268.1443
Included below is a useful summary of the article from the Benton
Foundation's news service:
Title: Studies Explore the Possibilities of E-Mail for Everyone
Source: New York Times (CyberTimes)
Author: Rebecca Fairley Raney
Issue: E-Mail
Description: The John & Mary R. Markle Foundation, a philanthropic
organization in New York, is investing millions to explore the
possibilities of a society that provides email for everyone. Since
1994, the foundation has explored related issues by funding major
studies at Rand, Bellcore, Carnegie Mellon Univ., and the Brookings
Institute, and through the use of surveys and roundtable discussions.
Some of the issues explored include: the foundation of friendships in
cyberspace, community development online, and the obstacles and
benefits of computer literacy becoming part of the school curriculum.
"The objective is to create a national dialogue about universal email
access, an idea predicted by findings of a Rand study that said
universal access will not happen without social intervention." "The
goal is not to predict what will happen, but to encourage uses to
enhance a democratic society. Why be passive? We're hoping to have
people thoughtfully inspire uses," said Zoe Baird, the president of
the Markle Foundation. The thinking behind the Markle Foundation's
initiative goes "that if the government and corporate sectors provide
better services online, the gap between 'haves' and 'have-nots' will
be more likely to close." Catherine Gay, a principal in the
International Advisory Group in New York, a publishing company that
is coordinating roundtables and publicity for the foundation's
thinking, said, "They're trying to prevent a society with an
underclass."
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This message sent by Steven Clift <clift@publicus.net>, consultant to
the Markle Foundation's E-mail for All outreach effort.
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