GRIN 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 global visibility and importance through using Internet information technologies.