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The Internet and its regulation
大綱
互聯網的特性
Characteristics of the Internet
是否規管的考慮因素
Regulatory considerations
初期：管還是不管？
Regulate or not to regulate?
推廣互聯網
Policies to promote access?
an efficient and powerful communication means
can become a publisher...around the globe …with very limited money and resources
The Internet - a democratic medium? (continued)
no one institution or individual owns the Internet, and no one specifically controls
it
the first truly democratic medium of communication in human history?
common carrier?
The Internet - a democratic medium?
Giving people a greater degree of personal autonomy:
a vast, cheap but valuable source for knowledge and information
Topic 1
The Internet – development and special features
What is the Internet?
a vast global interconnection of computer networks around the world
all of which use a common set of technical protocols (Internet Protocols/IP) in routing data across those networks
Transcending time Transcending place Language of the people Making connections Recruitment of experience and expertise Learning to deliberate Community building
Origin of the Internet
1969: The US Department of Defense’s Advanced
Research Project Agency created ARPAnet, first national packet-switched computer network
cheap, efficient and fast method of transmission
How does the Internet operate? (continued)
circuit-switching
any call between two points on the network requires a complete, dedicated connection
The Internet - what kind of medium?
a many-to-many mass medium
users …also generate much of the content regulatory issues:
more akin to print or broadcast media? serves as publisher, distributor, broadcaster or
the National Science Foundation (NSF) established
the NSFnet - an academic research network serving the
US universities
1994: NSF began converting its network to private
The Internet - leading to anarchy? (continued)
the Internet,
to underpin ‘democracy online’ with infrastructural support, and
create a Civic Commons in Cyberspace.
Benefits of online civic engagement
內容規管
Attempts to regulate content
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
近期爭議
In response to Web 2.0
嚴管內容？ 保證平台開放？
The Internet
As a business tool
As a communication tool/ As a mass medium
Focus and theme of this course
largely unregulated and uncontrolled by the State
a potential to diminish the authority of
government and even becomes a power tool for political subversion? （會影響政府管治？）
The original purpose of the Internet was
to provide a wholly secure means ...secret information circulated.. internal electronic postal system
enable computers operated…. by redundant channels even if some portions of the network damaged in a war
hands （容許私人使用）
Who runs the Internet?
The Internet is not owned or managed by any one person, or government, or company
Some groups are responsible for coordinating the Internet and setting specifications to make it work
network
…has a decentralised nature …international in scope (global in scale) ...a many-to-many mass medium …allows interactivity ...substitutable for all existing media? ...offers limitless possibilities?
The Internet - a democratic medium? (continued)
Regulatory issues
government regulation lead to censorship
and other undesirable effects?
Development left to big corporations...
How does the Internet operate?
The Internet is the combined result of several technological development:
digitalisation packet-switching Internet address protocols
How does the Internet operate? (continued)
Packet-switching vs. circuit-switching Packet-switching
enables digital data... transmitted as discrete packets … over any available route in the network...reassembled at ...IP address
The Internet as a communication tool
兩大議題
2 main issues
如何令大眾能使用互聯網 Access to the Internet
應否和如何規管內容
Content regulation of the Internet
How the US and some other countries treat and tackle these 2 issues
Downsides of online civic engagement
Risk of political control (direct contact without public scrutiny)
Vague objectives Bogus democracy (online voting) Lack of informed input The risk of fragmentary marginalisation
undermine the democratic nature...simply an
e-commerce tool?
The role of the Internet in promoting democracy and civic participation
Should governments take steps to establish a public service presence on
互聯網 – 導致無政府狀況？
The Internet - leading to anarchy?
Internationalism of the Internet
use and exploration...wholly indifferent to international boundaries （無視國界）
But these organisations are based in the US (dominated by the US?)
Special features of the Internet
...a fluid, complex entity … a dynamic routed, packet-switched
Origin of the Internet (continued)
1983: the Internet was born officially when ARPAnet
divided into military and civilian components, with the civilian component giving rise to the Internet （開始在 大學供非軍事用）
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -assignment of address and domain names
the Internet Society (ISOC) - promotes the orderly use and development of the Internet
大綱
互聯網的特性
Characteristics of the Internet
是否規管的考慮因素
Regulatory considerations
初期：管還是不管？
Regulate or not to regulate?
推廣互聯網
Policies to promote access?
an efficient and powerful communication means
can become a publisher...around the globe …with very limited money and resources
The Internet - a democratic medium? (continued)
no one institution or individual owns the Internet, and no one specifically controls
it
the first truly democratic medium of communication in human history?
common carrier?
The Internet - a democratic medium?
Giving people a greater degree of personal autonomy:
a vast, cheap but valuable source for knowledge and information
Topic 1
The Internet – development and special features
What is the Internet?
a vast global interconnection of computer networks around the world
all of which use a common set of technical protocols (Internet Protocols/IP) in routing data across those networks
Transcending time Transcending place Language of the people Making connections Recruitment of experience and expertise Learning to deliberate Community building
Origin of the Internet
1969: The US Department of Defense’s Advanced
Research Project Agency created ARPAnet, first national packet-switched computer network
cheap, efficient and fast method of transmission
How does the Internet operate? (continued)
circuit-switching
any call between two points on the network requires a complete, dedicated connection
The Internet - what kind of medium?
a many-to-many mass medium
users …also generate much of the content regulatory issues:
more akin to print or broadcast media? serves as publisher, distributor, broadcaster or
the National Science Foundation (NSF) established
the NSFnet - an academic research network serving the
US universities
1994: NSF began converting its network to private
The Internet - leading to anarchy? (continued)
the Internet,
to underpin ‘democracy online’ with infrastructural support, and
create a Civic Commons in Cyberspace.
Benefits of online civic engagement
內容規管
Attempts to regulate content
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
近期爭議
In response to Web 2.0
嚴管內容？ 保證平台開放？
The Internet
As a business tool
As a communication tool/ As a mass medium
Focus and theme of this course
largely unregulated and uncontrolled by the State
a potential to diminish the authority of
government and even becomes a power tool for political subversion? （會影響政府管治？）
The original purpose of the Internet was
to provide a wholly secure means ...secret information circulated.. internal electronic postal system
enable computers operated…. by redundant channels even if some portions of the network damaged in a war
hands （容許私人使用）
Who runs the Internet?
The Internet is not owned or managed by any one person, or government, or company
Some groups are responsible for coordinating the Internet and setting specifications to make it work
network
…has a decentralised nature …international in scope (global in scale) ...a many-to-many mass medium …allows interactivity ...substitutable for all existing media? ...offers limitless possibilities?
The Internet - a democratic medium? (continued)
Regulatory issues
government regulation lead to censorship
and other undesirable effects?
Development left to big corporations...
How does the Internet operate?
The Internet is the combined result of several technological development:
digitalisation packet-switching Internet address protocols
How does the Internet operate? (continued)
Packet-switching vs. circuit-switching Packet-switching
enables digital data... transmitted as discrete packets … over any available route in the network...reassembled at ...IP address
The Internet as a communication tool
兩大議題
2 main issues
如何令大眾能使用互聯網 Access to the Internet
應否和如何規管內容
Content regulation of the Internet
How the US and some other countries treat and tackle these 2 issues
Downsides of online civic engagement
Risk of political control (direct contact without public scrutiny)
Vague objectives Bogus democracy (online voting) Lack of informed input The risk of fragmentary marginalisation
undermine the democratic nature...simply an
e-commerce tool?
The role of the Internet in promoting democracy and civic participation
Should governments take steps to establish a public service presence on
互聯網 – 導致無政府狀況？
The Internet - leading to anarchy?
Internationalism of the Internet
use and exploration...wholly indifferent to international boundaries （無視國界）
But these organisations are based in the US (dominated by the US?)
Special features of the Internet
...a fluid, complex entity … a dynamic routed, packet-switched
Origin of the Internet (continued)
1983: the Internet was born officially when ARPAnet
divided into military and civilian components, with the civilian component giving rise to the Internet （開始在 大學供非軍事用）
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -assignment of address and domain names
the Internet Society (ISOC) - promotes the orderly use and development of the Internet