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Information Highway, The | Chapter 3: Will the Information Highway Benefit Society?

• The Impact of the Information Highway: An Overview

  by Andrew Kupfer

• A Global Information Infrastructure Can Benefit the World

  by Al Gore

• Internet Bulletin Boards Create a Sense of Community

  by Evan Schwartz

• The Information Highway Can Promote Environmental Networking

  by Mickey Mercier

• The Information Highway Can Benefit Blacks

  by Alison Gardy

• The Information Highway Benefits Rural Areas

  by Bill Richards

• Virtual Reality Can Help Disabled Persons

  by William Kelly and Patrick Kinsella

• The Information Highway May Not Benefit Society

  by Reed Karaim

• The Information Highway Will Not Connect Most of the World’s People

  by Leonard Marks

• Corporate Control of the Information Highway Threatens the Public Interest

  by Herbert I. Schiller

• The Information Highway May Harm the Environment

  by James H. Snider

• The Information Highway May Not Benefit Minorities

  by Libero Della Piana

• Computers Occupy Too Much of Children’s Time

  by Nathan Cobb

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1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1: What Is the Information Highway?
   1. The Information Highway: An Overview
   2. The Myths of the Information Highway
   3. A Critical Look at the Internet
   4. A Revolution in Multimedia Communications
   5. A Revolution in Television
3. Chapter 2: How Should the Information Highway Be Developed?
   1. Development of the Information Highway: An Overview
   2. The Federal Government Should Expedite the Information Highway
   3. The Information Highway Should Serve Public Interests over Commerce
   4. The Private Sector Alone Should Build the Information Highway
   5. The Information Highway Should Develop According to Consumer Demand
4. Chapter 3: Will the Information Highway Benefit Society?
   1. The Impact of the Information Highway: An Overview
   2. A Global Information Infrastructure Can Benefit the World
   3. Internet Bulletin Boards Create a Sense of Community
   4. The Information Highway Can Promote Environmental Networking
   5. The Information Highway Can Benefit Blacks
   6. The Information Highway Benefits Rural Areas
   7. Virtual Reality Can Help Disabled Persons
   8. The Information Highway May Not Benefit Society
   9. The Information Highway Will Not Connect Most of the World’s People
   10. Corporate Control of the Information Highway Threatens the Public Interest
   11. The Information Highway May Harm the Environment
   12. The Information Highway May Not Benefit Minorities
   13. Computers Occupy Too Much of Children’s Time
5. No: The Information Highway May Not Benefit Society
   1. Regulating Computer Content: An Overview
   2. Objectionable Computer Content Should Be Regulated
   3. Computer Pornography Should Be Prohibited
   4. Sexually Repulsive Internet Postings Should Be Prohibited
   5. America Needs a Secure Computer Encryption System
   6. Objectionable Computer Content Should Be Labeled, Not Censored
   7. Government Should Not Censor the Internet
   8. Prosecutors Should Not Excessively Target Pornography
   9. A Government Computer Encryption System Would Threaten Civil Liberties
   10. Computer Technology Can Filter Out Objectionable Material
6. Organizations to Contact
7. Bibliography
8. Copyright

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