Tiffany Anglin
Mr. McDonald
AP Government
15 May 2017
The Internet and Activism: Article Summary and Analysis
Summary
Titled The Internet and Activism, Ehrlich’s article explores the economic and political impacts of internet. On the outset, Ehrlich quotes the economist Ronald Coase who stated in 1937 that the sizes of organizations can be determined by the costs that are attached to organizing information. This statement, she explains, denoted the basic need for resources for the execution of complex tasks. While this is a proposition which defined the need to seek the control of resources, the advent of the internet and its rising use in political and administrative issues has gradually (but steadily) substituted the significance of the great …show more content…
In a sense, it elaborates that the American politics has been subjected to processes of evolution as its susceptibility to the influences of technology become more evident. Ideally, the fact that there is a shift from the traditional values of parties’ resources explains that the foundations of the American political system are about to be changed, and with them the system in entirety. This is a proposition that highlights some of the objectives that are defined in AP Government which include the objective to understand the American Political System’s foundation. Notably, Ehrlich explores the very basis of these foundations as she explains that the very established political parties have all along benefited from their resource …show more content…
This interrelation is always explored into detail in AP Government which helps to create the understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, and dependencies of the arms. In essence, the judiciary’s stated independence from the executive has been influenced by the need to source funding, which is mostly gotten from the executive arm of the government. However, by the elaboration of the significance of internet in the sourcing and organization of information, Ehrlich explains an avenue that may as well be exploited by the judiciary to fortify its independence from the executive. The last aspects that are greatly explored in AP Government is political culture, elections, and political groups and parties. Remarkably, the article explores the eminent changes that are about to affect these as, in contrast to the institutionalized beliefs and practices, the influence of the internet is based on new and barely understood
Mr. McDonald
AP Government
15 May 2017
The Internet and Activism: Article Summary and Analysis
Summary
Titled The Internet and Activism, Ehrlich’s article explores the economic and political impacts of internet. On the outset, Ehrlich quotes the economist Ronald Coase who stated in 1937 that the sizes of organizations can be determined by the costs that are attached to organizing information. This statement, she explains, denoted the basic need for resources for the execution of complex tasks. While this is a proposition which defined the need to seek the control of resources, the advent of the internet and its rising use in political and administrative issues has gradually (but steadily) substituted the significance of the great …show more content…
In a sense, it elaborates that the American politics has been subjected to processes of evolution as its susceptibility to the influences of technology become more evident. Ideally, the fact that there is a shift from the traditional values of parties’ resources explains that the foundations of the American political system are about to be changed, and with them the system in entirety. This is a proposition that highlights some of the objectives that are defined in AP Government which include the objective to understand the American Political System’s foundation. Notably, Ehrlich explores the very basis of these foundations as she explains that the very established political parties have all along benefited from their resource …show more content…
This interrelation is always explored into detail in AP Government which helps to create the understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, and dependencies of the arms. In essence, the judiciary’s stated independence from the executive has been influenced by the need to source funding, which is mostly gotten from the executive arm of the government. However, by the elaboration of the significance of internet in the sourcing and organization of information, Ehrlich explains an avenue that may as well be exploited by the judiciary to fortify its independence from the executive. The last aspects that are greatly explored in AP Government is political culture, elections, and political groups and parties. Remarkably, the article explores the eminent changes that are about to affect these as, in contrast to the institutionalized beliefs and practices, the influence of the internet is based on new and barely understood