By Sarah Oates, Diana Owen, Rachel K Gibson
This quantity explores the character of the Internet's effect on civil society, addressing the next important questions:
- is the web qualitatively diversified from the extra conventional different types of the media?
- has the web verified genuine strength to enhance civil society via a much broader provision of knowledge, an enhancement of conversation among executive and citizen, or through greater kingdom transparency?
- does the web pose a risk to the coherence of civil society as individuals are inspired to desert shared media reviews and pursue slender interests?
- in authoritarian states, does the web functionality as a beacon at no cost speech or as one other device for propaganda?
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