The Network Society as Seen From Italy

Italy was behind the European average in internet development for many years, but a new trend, which has brought considerable change, emerged at the end of 1998 and showed its effects in 2000 and following years. Now Italy is one of the top ten countries worldwide in internet hostcount and the fourth largest in Europe. Density of internet activity on Italy in proportion to population is still below the average in the European Union, but growing faster than Germany, the UK and France--and faster than the world-wide or European average. From the point of view of media control there are several problems. Italy has democratic institutions and freedom of speech, but there is an alarming concentration in the control of mainstream media (especially broadcast). There are no officially declared restrictions in the use of the internet, but several legal and regulatory decisions reveal a desire to limit freedom of opinion and dialogue--and-or gain centralized control of the net.     

The Network Society as Seen From Italy

Italy was behind the European average in internet development for many years, but a new trend, which has brought considerable change, emerged at the end of 1998 and showed its effects in 2000 and following years. Now Italy is one of the top ten countries worldwide in internet hostcount and the fourth largest in Europe. Density of internet activity on Italy in proportion to population is still below the average in the European Union, but growing faster than Germany, the UK and France--and faster than the world-wide or European average. From the point of view of media control there are several problems. Italy has democratic institutions and freedom of speech, but there is an alarming concentration in the control of mainstream media (especially broadcast). There are no officially declared restrictions in the use of the internet, but several legal and regulatory decisions reveal a desire to limit freedom of opinion and dialogue--and-or gain centralized control of the net.     

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互联网高速发展的今天,网络已经形成人类新的生存与发展环境,对人类社会产生了前所未有的影响。文章从哲学自然观的角度,以一种新的视角认识网络,提出了网络自然的概念,阐述了网络自然的特点及其对社会的影响。     

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Internet的出现，为人类的协同活动与工作提供了一个美好的数字化环境，同时也导致了各种各样非秩序化的病态社会现象的发生。通过讨论网络社会病态问题的基本现象网络犯罪和网络沉溺，分析其存在的客观性复杂性，提出了防治网络社会病态问题的一些对策。     

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