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The growth of the planning function of government raises the question of how planning can be accomplished by democratic means. A new technological device—the teaching computer—seems to be ideally suited for disscussions between “experts” and the public on issues of medium and long-range planning. The teaching computer can be thought of as a mass communications system with feedback.
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The author wishes to acknowledge research support from the Program on the Social Implications of Science and Technology at the University of Illinois under National Science Foundation grant GR-60. The research described is being carried out through the Institute of Communications Research. The facility being used is located at the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois which is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant GF-81 and the Advanced Research Projects Agency under grant ONR-Nonr 3985 (08). This paper was presented at the second International Future Research Conference held in Kyoto, Japan, April 10–16, 1970.
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Umpleby, S. Citizen sampling simulations: A method for involving the public in social planning. Policy Sci 1, 361–375 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145218
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145218