Effects of the Internet

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This paper argues that the Internet is not a cause of alienation or of social transformation, but a medium like any other that emphasizes gaps between social classes. The so-called global village involves a concentration of education, well to do Americans and other Westerners with access, as opposed to millions more without any access at all. One result is a different Internet-consciousness that tends to leave under-privileged groups behind.

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" Much seems to have been written on how the Internet affects individual psychology, in references to Internet addiction, artificial intelligence, and different kinds of communication and allegiance. For example, the Internet may alienate people from their local environment and direct communication with people nearer to them. Others see the Internet as a radical and democratic median that is creating social transformation, about the world. Anthropologists should probably be more concerned by how the Internet changes the perception and memberships of some members of a society. As this paper reminds, there..."

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