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Internet and Politics: United States
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Natalie Yager: In this paper, Chadwick and May attempt to predict how the governments of the United States, Britain, and the European Union will utilize the Internet. Their conclusion is that the government will use the Internet to more efficiently provide the services that they already provide. Chadwick and May make it clear that they hoped that the government would use the Internet to better connect with its citizens, yet they find little evidence that those type of plans are being made.
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If, as is implied by Hume, conceptions of property and ownership are arbitrary and can vary between societies, then it is useful to consider other forms of economy such as "prestation", or gift economies – especially as the traditional behaviours of Internet users have frequently been compared to such economies (Barbrook, 1998, 1999; Raymond, 1999). In such economies, people give gifts to others, which are evaluated by others, and which usually carry some level of obligation to give gifts or recognition in return. This translates into status but not into exclusive fixed ownership or accumulation. Status must be constantly recycled or re-earned. It is fairly unstable. Capitalism usually destroys prestation economies, as recycling profit back to relatives or others prevents the accumulation of capital.
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The Internet2 homepage lauds the transmission of uncompressed High Definition (1920x1080/60i) video at a symmetrical 1.5Gbps per second between Australia and Pennsylvania. According to the press release, the end-gear was "off the shelf", but the trip it took was anything but; it was the first use of the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Optical Research dual 10Gbps Testbed (or SXTransPORT) in Australia. The signal ... jaunted across the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and the US National LambdaRail (NLR) 10 gigabit network fabric in the States.
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Regardless, the Internet is already a powerful tool for delving into political issues and delving into the history of the United States. After all, it is the medium you are currently using.
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The Internet has at once a disruptive and a constructive effect on democracies around the world. Information and communications technologies (ICTs), of which the Internet is a primary component, have been changing the way that democracies work, the way activists and candidates run campaigns, and the manner in which citizens communicate with one another and interact with their states.
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