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More subtly, Poster suggests that the Internet is 'underdetermined' because it is open, does 'not direct agents into clear paths', and encourages 'social construction and cultural creation'. It is 'overdetermined in the sense of being structured through multiple contradictory practices but is ... underdetermined in the sense that it remains an invitation to a new imaginary' (Poster, 2001: 18). The Internet is transgressive because it enables instantaneous many to many communications, dislocates communication from the space of the nation, and accelerates 'postmodern' subjectivities (16).
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The Personal Democracy Forum Conference helped to focus attention on the U.S. media, politics and the Internet. While there was no attention given to examining the Dean candidacy and the lessons that need to be learned, the conference did touch on issues related to this important question. A panel debating this question could probably have helped to provide a focus for other issues raised at the conference. The fact that the conference was held and that the question of the weaknesses in the Dean campaign emerged in discussion after the conference shows that despite many obstacles, under the surface, the Internet is having an impact on politics even in the U.S.
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Thanks to Al Gore and other free-traders, there is no regulation or government censorship of the Internet, and the FBI, which is in charge of tracking cyber-crime is doing little or nothing. Therefore, the Web is a wide-open field for sex perverts.
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Technology and the Internet are changing politics — now more than ever. Over the last five years, Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) has become the seminal gathering place for the growing community of people who understand the effects underway, and want to make sure they stay on top of what’s coming next.
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"In the ever accelerating world of the Internet, e-campaigning has gone from a novelty to a necessity in less than a year. With increasing sophistication and urgency, campaigns are using the Web as a bulletin board, advertising medium and organizing tool." Howard Fineman
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"It tells me that it can be very uncomfortable to cede control of your message and material," said Lee Rainie, with the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The comments section of news sites "gives new opportunities to critics or even creeps to enter your space."
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