Volume 3, Number 9 ---CONTENTS--- September 1987

1 Masthead and Index


2 ENA UPDATE ................................ by Lisa Kimball

Planning for the next ENA conference in Philadelphia
in Spring '88 has begun.


3 COMPETING IN TIME ........................... by Peter Keen

A top business consultant describes how new information
technology can be moved out of the "overhead" category
and become a "bottom line" opportunity.


4 AN EDUCATOR, A PC, AND A MODEM ....... by Edward Wondoloski

A management professor at Bentley College talks about
an experimental progarm to introduce students to new
ways of thinking about knowledge.


5 N-GROUP ................................ by Linda Samuelsen

Reflections on the online community group program
within WBSI's online SChool of Strategic and
Management studies.


6 COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS AND DEMOCRACY ............
by Jacques LeCavalier

An alternative view of the role of electronic
communications media in socio-political change which
suggests that efforts to link citizens, interest
groups, and politicians via cc have not moved North
America any closer to participatory democracy.


7 TELEZAP ............................. review by David Mills

A lighthearted piece which proves that even the most
zealous networkers have a sense of humor.


8 PICA ......................................... announcement

A description of the purposes and services of the
Public Interest Computer Association in
Washington, DC.