Message-ID: <9505161659.AA05445@gn.apc.org> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 17:59:32 BST From: Mike Holderness <mailto:mikeh@GN.APC.ORG> Subject: QQ: What the Net means for 'The South' To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
Please consider the following for the list. Actual survey available on request.Mike Holderness --x-- Greetings --
No, I've not spammed the group with the actual questionnaire.
The PANOS Institute has asked me to prepare a briefing document on the internet and the emerging phenomenon known variously as the Information Superhighway, the Infobahn and various other names. The question I am trying to answer can be summarised as: "does the Information Superhighway change anything for the South, and if so, what?"
I am particularly looking for people in "the South" -- actually, countries not members of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development) to -- answer questions from the perspective of people living and/or working and/or using the Internet there. Others with a direct interest are welcome to respond.
If you want to receive a questionnaire, please mail <mailto:mikeh@gn.apc.org> with subject "PANOS QQ PLEASE". I look forward to hearing from you.
-- The PANOS Institute is "an independent information organisation working internationally for development that is socially, environmentally and econmically sustainable. It is funded by, plus Overseas Development agencies of Norway Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Britain, plus various foundations," it says in this 'ere Mission Statement.I am a freelance journalist based in London, England. I write on science and technology in general for papers including the Guardian, Times Higher Education Supplement and New Statesman. In the past year a great deal of my work has dealt with the social and political implications of the internet and its planned successors.
Mike Holderness mailto:mikeh@gn.apc.org
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