The Markle Foundation’s E-mail for All Outreach Campaign The E-MAIL FOR ALL campaign is an integral part of the Markle Foundation’s work to encourage the use of new communications technologies for socially beneficial purposes. The Foundation recognizes that there is support for the principle of universal access to e-mail and the Internet. However, important questions remain unanswered:
- Who will pay for the education and equipment necessary for creating universal access?
- Who will benefit from universal access? How will they benefit?
- What is the responsibility of government?
- What is the responsibility of business?
In an effort to formulate answers, the Markle Foundation supports research by RAND, Bellcore Laboratory, the Brookings Institution, and Carnegie Mellon University. E-MAIL FOR ALL is the outreach component of the Markle-funded research, designed to stimulate a national dialogue on these issues.
In the News
- Studies Explore Possibilities of E-mail for Everyone - New York Times on the Web (Requires Registration), April 11, 1998
- Better Education@Email.com - Wall Street Journal, March 31, 1998
- “Internet Users Aren’t Isolated Loners, Reports Find” - Communications Daily, December 29, 1997
- “Applying Universal Service’ to the Net — a US Imperative” - Christian Science Monitor, December 19, 1997
Conference Reports
- Social Venture Capital for Universal Electronic Communications - A Conference Report, April 24-25, 1997 - Released in late January 1998. - [Download in PDF - 100K] - [Full Article HTML - 89K] Read the Executive Summary in HTML. Visit Adobe Acrobat for details on PDF files.
Research
- Elections and Electrons: A national opinion survey on the role of Cyberspace and mass media in political opinion formation during the 1996 general election - Release Pending
- Cyberspace and Social Community Development: Internet Use and its Community Integration Correlates [Full Article - HTML 291K] - [Abstract]
- Friendship Formation In Cyberspace: Analysis of a National Survey of Users [Full Article - HTML 158K] - [Abstract]
For more information visit the Markle Foundation’s website. It offers a more detailed explanation of Markle’s work and links to more research by RAND and Bellcore. E-MAIL FOR ALL is directed by the International Advisory Group.
For further information contact: International Advisory Group, 875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1005, New York, NY 10001 - Telephone: 212.268.1443 Fax: 212.268.1113 E-mail: iaclaa@aol.com