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Introduction: Brave New CyberWorld |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--BRAVE NEW CYBERWORLD |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1998 |
| Size: 514 Words, 3,430 Characters |
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An electronic specter is haunting the world-the Internet.
Over the next decade, this digital network of networks will change the way voters get information about candidates, the way candidates reach voters, and the way candidates get elected to office.
In 1996, 9 percent of voters surveyed said the information they found on the Internet influenced their vote. In 1992, the percentage of voters who used the Internet was 0...
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...o insurance to automobiles. The growth of electronic commerce, she argues, will change the trading arena by shifting power from merchants to consumers.
Listing five challenges that the Internet faces, including getting governments as well as consumers wired, Beltz states there is no turning back: Businesses, consumers, and governments must learn to live in our brave new cyberworld, or else.
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