The Internet and its role in global politics

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal grade: 20 / 20 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano course: Theory of International politics language: English abstract: This paper wants to emphasize the relevance of new information and communication channels created by Internet technology for shaping the international relations landscape. As method it will approach the argument comparing and connecting the notions of Globalization and Glocalization as well as of Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony and analyze these frameworks in context to Internet information flows. Furthermore to complete the argument it will be discussed if and how national and transnational nongovernmental players gain globalvisibility and importance through using Internet information technologies.