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From: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: sci.commtech Call for Discussion
Message-ID: <970@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 11 May 89 13:23:04 GMT
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From article <4105@bgsuvax.UUCP>, by klopfens@bgsuvax.UUCP (Bruce Klopfenstein):
> 
> I would like to get reaction to the formation of a newsgroup,
> sci.commtech, for the discussion of new communication
> technologies and their impacts on users (both end users and
> organizations), media industries, media audiences, and society. 

The proposed subject matter is very interesting, but I wonder if
it's not already covered elsewhere - for instance, in
comp.society.futures, where there has been an interesting
discussion on electronic newspapers recently.  However, if a new
group would focus better on the issues above, then I'm all for
it.


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