International Relations: What kind of impact has the information revolution had on state sovereignty? Would you argue it has increased or decreased the power of the state? Why or why not?

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Cover of the book International Relations: What kind of impact has the information revolution had on state sovereignty? Would you argue it has increased or decreased the power of the state? Why or why not? by Jane Vetter, GRIN Verlag
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Author: Jane Vetter ISBN: 9783640186341
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: October 13, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Jane Vetter
ISBN: 9783640186341
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: October 13, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, University of North Florida, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The contemporary information revolution is due to technological progress in the computing and communication sector that, simultaneously, cheapened and simplified access to information (Nye 234). With the help of the internet and access to millions of websites, online news live streams, so-called podcasts and blogs, an enormous audience is now able to get information fast and everywhere due to the availability of laptops, broadband connections, wireless networks and internet cafés. As a result of focusing on cost rather than speed, the information revolution leads to 'an explosion of information' and 'is changing the nature of governments and sovereignty and creating a diffusion of power' (Nye 234). Joseph Nye, Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, equates this event with a third industrial revolution, therefore following the application of steam and the invention of the internal combustion engine (235). While Walter Wriston, former Chairman and CEO of Citibank and economic advisor to the Reagan administration, also lists the agricultural revolution as precursor, he states that 'the third revolution enables the citizen to watch Big Brother' (172).

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Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, University of North Florida, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The contemporary information revolution is due to technological progress in the computing and communication sector that, simultaneously, cheapened and simplified access to information (Nye 234). With the help of the internet and access to millions of websites, online news live streams, so-called podcasts and blogs, an enormous audience is now able to get information fast and everywhere due to the availability of laptops, broadband connections, wireless networks and internet cafés. As a result of focusing on cost rather than speed, the information revolution leads to 'an explosion of information' and 'is changing the nature of governments and sovereignty and creating a diffusion of power' (Nye 234). Joseph Nye, Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, equates this event with a third industrial revolution, therefore following the application of steam and the invention of the internal combustion engine (235). While Walter Wriston, former Chairman and CEO of Citibank and economic advisor to the Reagan administration, also lists the agricultural revolution as precursor, he states that 'the third revolution enables the citizen to watch Big Brother' (172).

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