The Internet and Iraq

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This paper analyzes how the Internet and associated technologies of mass communication and interaction are effecting the war in Iraq. It discusses how the internet leads to a self-informed public, how various activist groups use the internet as a powerful organizational infrastructure and how reliance on the Internet may expose America and other nations to new forms of attack. Specific coverage is given to general public knowledge and the protest response.

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"However, not only the anti-war faction, but also pro-war support groups are finding the internet to be a useful tool in promoting their causes. In a recent poll, twenty-nine percent of online Americans responded that they had used email to communicate pro-war sentiment and twenty-five percent said that they had used it to send or organize prayer requests related to the war effort (Choney). The efficiency with which the pro-war movement utilized the internet cannot be determined accurately. The rallies for the war are significantly smaller than the anti-war protests; it is hard to determine if this is simply due to a lack of organization and infrastructure or due to a lack of underlying motivation."

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