Internet and Politics

<p>This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society addressing the following central questions:</p><ul> <li>is the Internet qualitatively different from the more traditional forms of the media?</li> <li>has the Internet demonstrated real potential to improve civil society through a wider provision of information an enhancement of communication between government and citizen or via better state transparency?</li> <li>does the Internet pose a threat to the coherence of civil society as people are encouraged to abandon shared media experiences and pursue narrow interests?</li> <li>in authoritarian states does the Internet function as a beacon for free speech or as another tool for propaganda?</li> </ul>