Sun Yat-Sen University Institute of Information Management associate professor Chen Nian-shing concurs. Chen single-handedly developed his university into the largest Net server in Taiwan. He recalls that three years ago when he introduced bulletin board services to Taiwan, he already recognized that the Net had the potential of becoming "the fourth mass media."
一手將中山大學 BBS 拉拔成全國最大站的資訊管理系副教授陳年興認同這樣的說法，他並強調三年前當他引進 BBS 到國內時，就已經看出「網路將成為第四媒體」的潛力。