Inventing e-regulation in the US, EU and East Asia: conflicting social visions Of the Information Society

摘要

This paper attempts to assess the international approach to Internet policy in the context of distinctive socio-political frameworks evolving in the US, the European Union (EU), and East Asia. The comparative review will develop a set of underlying structural models of the In- Formation society particular to each region, along with an analysis of their defining charac- Teristics in relation to one another. The paper then evaluates principal weaknesses in these Regional models and argues the need for re-conceptualizing the cultural, political and eco- Nomic approach to the new information space of the Internet. The analysis concludes by Suggesting the need for a fundamental shift in approach to e-regulation that may offer a more Effective design for the democratic and social development of cyberspace.