The Nature of Equality as it Relates to the New Internet Culture

             Human equality in the context of social and political institutions in
             human society is characterized to be more conservative and rigid when
             compared in the context of Internet culture and society. This claim is an
             illustration of how Internet as a new communication medium becomes an
             influential and pervasive tool wherein globalization is developed not only
             in Internet communities, but in human societies as well.
             The concept of globalization in the Internet culture is an adaptation
             of Marshall McLuhan's famous "global village," a concept he formed when he
             observed that the development of new media innovations such as the
             television, radio, telephone, and computers show an increase in the
             proliferation of information and interaction among people in various
             However, a more recent version of McLuhan's "global village" concept
             is the emergence of two important movements in the Internet culture: the
             emergence of both the globalization and localization processes among
             various people in the world, specifically the Internet users. In
             globalization, people from all over the globe become acquainted with the
             cultures of different societies, while localization gave way to the
             emergence of local cultures to become known not only to outsiders of that
             society, but to members of that society as well. These two movements show
             how Internet culture educates people about the cultures and kind of
             societies existing and available all over the world.
             How do globalization and localization of societies and cultures
             contribute to the development of equality in human society via the Internet
             culture' These concepts show how the Internet further intensifies equality
             by breaking the barriers that demarcate those peoples that have different
             nationalities and cultures. Becoming aware of other cultures and societies
             help people becomes understanding and more receptive to
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