Word: netizens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this country today, there is little doubt that the Internet would have taken first place as the (virtual) civic institution par excellence. Democracy in America could only imagine such potential for civic engagement. No longer limited by under-funded public libraries or the high cost of owning books, any netizen can strive toward informational parity with CEO's and government bureaucrats alike...
...know that when you're in the computer lab, you look over and see other people doing very non-pine things from their accounts. It's time to stop cowering before the pine gods, and get on with your life as a card-carrying netizen...
...information all over the world, for instance, and message boards that flow directly out of daily stories. "The Net is a much freer medium than the traditional press right now, and people are intoxicated by it," says media critic Jon Katz, who writes a column for HotWired's Netizen www.netizen.com) Katz, whose career has included stints at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe, says that when he used to finish writing a print story, his job was over. But with the instant and intense reaction of readers posting messages, publishing a story online is just the beginning of the process...