Analysis Quote by Gary Wolf

Ability to disseminate one's ideas on the Internet is now a sine qua non of inclusion in the global public sphere. However, the Internet…

— Zeynep Tufekci

“My core argument is that most assessments of the Internet fail to ground it in political economy; they fail to understand the importance of…

— Robert W. McChesney

The Internet is a politically contested space.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“The internet has become a political space. I think that is one of the most important developments in the past decade.”

— Julian Assange

“As a woman of color who is interested in these issues of democracy and who wants to enact social change, Pilaf sees the Internet…

— Audacia Ray

The Internet is the more democratic media them last times. And for being anarchical, it's open to all manifestations, artistic also.

— Katya Chamma

The history of the Internet is not, as some people have tried to make it, a libertarian just-so story. It is a messy tale…

— Virginia Postrel

The notion of the Internet as a force of political and social revolution is not a new one. As far back as the early…

— Jamais Cascio

“Today we have something that works in the same way, but for everyday people: the Internet, which encourages public thinking and resolves multiples on…

— The Penguin Press

“An open internet is an open platform for debating opposing views. It allows unpopular voices to be heard.”

— Newton Lee

Without sounding too cliché, the Internet really is the birth of some kind of global mind.

— Terence McKenna

Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.

— P. J. O'Rourke