Message-ID: <0098E6E943FDE1A0.00002227@tmar.com> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 14:23:20 EST From: "Chuck B. at Ext. 214" <mailto:chuckb@TMAR.COM> Subject: Internet-related ads To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
On Tue, 4 Apr 1995, Benson Honig wrote:
> Mondher brings up an interesting point regarding what can be considered
> "business" on the internet. We tend to take the position that academic
> institutions, as non profit promoters of learning, are exempt from the
> debate. Increasingly, however, Universities and educational institutions
> are entering into business relationships with firms, communities, and
> individuals, as they transform themselves into what is called "service
> universities". The transformation from "research" to "service" is being
> driven by economic constraints. Even so, the most successful programs
> entail considerable marketing, profit making, and may be
> indistinguishable from commercial businesses. I imagine these sorts of
> issues will become more salient (and controversial) over time.
Here is an interesting and ambiguous development: conferences on use of
the 'net as mass medium. Since such use of the 'net is legitimate in
some spheres and inappropriate in others, what advertising guidelines
would make sense, and could and should those guidelines depend on the nature
of the conference' sponsor?
c.b.