Internet and Politics Will the Internet Serve

Internet and Politics

Will the Internet serve as an avenue for individual empowerment or will it increase corporate, governmental, and bureaucratic control over information?

Internet is meant to be used by everyone because every individual is an equal recipient to the advantages the modern technology offers and also of the products and processes which surface from its utilization. The use and advantages that the Internet provides must not in any way be limited to the corporate, government and bureaucratic factions of the society but should be allowed to stream to all fragments of the population without restraint.. The contemporary world and the present practices, too, indicate that the Internet will serve as a way to empower the individuals instead of restricting and increasing the information control by corporate sectors, government officials and bureaucrats.

The extent of areas and the opportunities that Internet provides are effective enough to put a greater power in the hands of the common man. The good thing is that with the passage of time, these opportunities and scopes are becoming wider and intensified. Internet has become that powerful communication tool which has influenced the general public in ways which any other media has not been able to. The Internet will continue to serve as avenue for empowering the individuals as it allows them to involve themselves in economic and social progress. The common man is now able to make learned assessment and decisions on matters that have an effect on him (Nath, 2001).

We are presently in the middle of a knowledge revolution that is harmonized by the introduction of exclusively new panoramas in communication technologies of which Internet is probably on the top. Internet has, without a doubt, aided the fields of information and communication technology in a unique way. If truth be told, it is actually the kind of technology that is revolutionary in nature. The Internet, with its transformative nature, has revolutionized the life of a common man as well. By introducing the concept of knowledge networking, the Internet has enabled an individual to take appropriate steps to be familiar with, distinguish and document the knowledge he/she possesses and replicate this knowledge in a wider social sphere of influence for intended changes. This simply means that the capability of the Internet to empower individuals is increasing day by day and will continue in the future as well (Nath, 2001).

In fact, individuals are empowered by the Internet in three ways. Firstly, they get publicized as there is no high cost or any other hurdle to obstruct them from publishing their opinions and views. Secondly, they are connected to others through websites which gives them a sense of linkage to others. Thirdly, even if an individual does not own a Web site, he/she can join any social networking site or community and can freely converse with others (Orita, Niimi & Murai).