[governance] new TLDs?

[Jeanette Hofmann]

The present concept of the citizen is very broad. It includes all people 
no matter whether they care about their country, the people and the 
constitution or not. The concept of the netizen sounds rather exlusive 
by comparison. It refers only to those "who care about the net". Not 
that I mind those/us people but I prefer the term "user" because it is 
more general and more inclusive. When I use the term user, I emphasize 
the great variety of those on the Internet.

jeanette

Ronda Hauben wrote:
>>I always liked netizen, couldn't fathom opposition to such an
>>innoucuous term, oh well.
>>
> 
> 
> netizen is the notion of an online citizen - those who care about the
> net and do what they can to participate so that the public purpose
> is represented, both online and off.
> 
> the person who recognized that there were users online acting as
> netizens (as net.citizens) in 1992/1993 helped to bring a sense
> of consciousness to the identity that was then developing.
> 
> this is still needed, and there are indeed still many netizens,
> in the sense of the term that it was developed in 1992/1993.
> 
> anyone who is interested can look at the online edition of
> of the book that helps to explain the concept and and the
> relevance to the internet's developement. its online at
> http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120
> 
> its also available in a print edition.
> 
> it would be good to see a broad ranging discussion about netizens and need 
> for the public interest to be represented in any discussions or structures 
> related to the management of the internet's infrastructure.
> 
> cheers
> 
> ronda
> 
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, McTim wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 8/29/05, Ronda Hauben <ronda at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So let the discussion open up, don't shut it off please.
>>
>>Amen to all of the above.
>>
>>I always liked netizen, couldn't fathom opposition to such an
>>innoucuous term, oh well.
>>
>>-- 
>>Cheers,
>>
>>McTim
>>nic-hdl:      TMCG
>>
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