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The paper asserts that no one could have anticipated fully the pervasive effects that the Internet would have on world society. The paper describes how the Internet has evolved from a simple and versatile communication medium to that of an essential carrier of information on a scale that has never been predicted possible. The paper argues that the way information was transmitted and received was not the only facet of humanity that has been transformed; with the speed at which information is exchanged, as well as the capacity of computers as well as mobile telephones to translate this data into user-friendly audiovisual formats, it is not difficult to appreciate how this media, like the telephone and television would change the way people interact and give way to a "cyberculture" that is a far cry from past cultures.

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"Ever since the dawn of man, culture has revolved around knowledge, attitudes and practices based on the physical attributes of the environment. Horticulture and agriculture became the basis for such cultural practices as paganism to political domination by land acquisition, the lives and livelihood of individuals centered around land. Empires that dominated the most land at any given period also dictated culture. During the 19th century Industrial Revolution, the use of machines significantly increased the productivity of land, subsequently..."

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