Knowledge Industry - Production Transmission and Sale of Information

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

On this broadcast of Maincurrents, Lee Graham (moderator) interviews:

Dr. Charles De Carlo, Director of Automation Research for IBM
Raymond Hagel, Chairman of the Board and President, Crowell-Collier and Macmillan Incorporated Publishers
Quentin Harvell, Executive Director of the Public Relation Society of America
Marlin McGlocklin, Acting Regional Representative in New York of the U.S. Commissioner of Education
John Teble(?), Professor of Journalism, NYU

They speak on the topic of automation and how it relates to production, transmission, and sale of information. Each speaks of organization and dissemination of information and how it relates to their field. They reflect on the potential for advancements in education and learning, how automation might effect careers and employment, and development and ethics of global communication in news coverage and public relations.

This discussion was sponsored by Sales and Marketing Executives International.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150003
Municipal archives id: T1647

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