The Internet has emerged as the most rapidity adopted communication medium in history. The Internet by design is de-centralized, inexpensive, uncensored, and accessible from anywhere in the globe. Bill Gates contends that the Internet is first step along the “Information Superhighway”, which will ultimately create a “global village” that will allow for a more symmetrically distribution of information. The United States, which invented most of the underlying technologies for the Internet, leads the rest of …showed first 75 words of 2742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2742 total…not only provide web design and maintenance services but would also provide the hardware (e.g. computers) and software (e.g. Internet filters) to developing nations. The second method is the creation of Barber’s concept of a virtual townhalls where discussions on cultural imperialism would held in which citizens would have a voice. As long as people are given a plethora of cultural options, the possibility of cultural imperialism via the Internet is reduced.