During the founding the nation, before mass media, television, and the dominance of only a few major newspapers in each major city of the nation, America was filled with many small newspapers that were the voice of countless individual factions. America again has returned to its fractious beginnings online. No longer are their two, coherent singular voices in American politics. or, in the words of one South Korean political

' Purchasing agents can place orders, gather information, and communicate with different organizations from any place at any time" (Martin & Hafer, p. 41). Following the introduction of the Internet, many purchasing departments and purchasing representatives were better able to engage in direct communications, order taking and fulfillment as well as the provision of technical support with their business counterparts abroad (Martin & Hafer, 2002). These authors add that, "The

Internet Censorship The internet came to prominence as a tool and pursuit of the masses starting in the early 1990's. The capabilities, depth and breadth of what the internet has to offer have increased exponentially over the ensuing two decades. Such expansion has greatly eased the spread of information (Palfrey, 2010). The ease in which people communicate and disseminate information has created a cause for concern among many different parties that

They suggest that the laws necessary to protect informational privacy from unauthorized collection and use simply must catch up to the realities presented by modern digital technology exactly the way the laws now prohibiting unwarranted wiretapping of telephones once lagged behind the obvious implications of failing to incorporate the needs posed by modern technology into appropriate legislation (Levin, 2012). Competing Interests and Positions On balance, there are legitimate justifications for imposing

Politics and the Internet Online credibility is often a difficult matter to understand. The written word has unique powers that differ much from interpersonal exchange. Before understanding the meaning of words, context is needed to help give meaning and relationship to those words. The internet, for good or bad, diminishes the ability of the reader to usefully deduce what is being communicated due to this lack of context. Anyone can be

As a result, the Internet is a major threat to the Syrian government. This is directly challenging the legitimacy and authority of the regime. (Gold, 2011) ("Syrian Diplomats defects," 2012) ("Can Social Networking Overthrow a Government," 2011) During the Libyan Revolution, the Internet helped to play a central role in leading to the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi. This took place, through different opposition groups using Twitter to communicate with each