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1 3, 13 | 13. In this new environment,
2 3, 14 | 14. Standing alongside issues
3 4, 15 | 15. As we have seen, the virtue
4 4, 17 | 17. The Internet's transnational,
5 4, 18 | 18. As we pointed out above,
6 1, 5(12) | Communio et progressio, n. 19.~
7 1, 3(5) | the Catholic Church, n. 1906.~
8 2, 8 | the cold war years of the 1960s, when it was intended to
9 2, 8 | World Wide Web of the late 1980s also proved to be congenial
10 3, 10(21)| World Day of Communications, 1997.~
11 2, 9(20) | Communications Day, n. 4, January 24, 1999.~
12 4, 18 | Vatican City, February 22, 2002, Feast of the Chair of St.
13 4, 17 | scheduled to take place in 2003 will make a positive contribution
14 1, 3(4) | Ibid., n. 21.~
15 2, 9(20) | Communications Day, n. 4, January 24, 1999.~
16 3, 12(28)| Communio et progressio, nn. 25, 26.~
17 1, 4(7) | Social Sciences, n. 2, April 27, 2001.~
18 3, 13(30)| Ethics in Communications, n. 29.~
19 3, 10(21)| Paul II, Message for the 31st World Day of Communications,
20 3, 14(31)| II,Veritatis splendor, n. 32.~
21 2, 9(20) | Paul II, Message for the 33rd World Communications Day,
22 1, 3(6) | Sollicitudo rei socialis, n. 38.~
23 4, 18(44)| Ibid., n. 39.~
24 1, 5(14) | Novo millennio ineunte, n. 43.~
25 2, 8(17) | Ecclesia in America, n. 56.~
26 3, 12(27)| Gaudium et spes, n. 59.~
27 4, 15(33)| Familiaris consortio, n. 76.~
28 4, 16(36)| Communio et progressio, n. 79.~
29 2, 8 | 8. The technological configuration
30 4, 16(34)| Communio et progressio, n. 86.~
31 4, 16(37)| Ibid., n. 88.~
32 2, 9 | 9. The explosion of information
33 3, 14 | extent that it becomes an absolute, which would then be the
34 3, 12 | nature organized in society,” absolutely requires “freedom to express
35 2, 7 | participation and to passive absorption into “a narcissistic, self-referential
36 3, 10 | found to make the Internet accessible to less advantaged groups,
37 1, 1 | out in the document that accompanies this one, 2 they also can
38 4, 16 | service and in greater public accountability”. 35 Industry codes of ethics
39 1, 4(9) | to the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See, n. 3, January
40 4, 17 | international level”. 39 Determined action in the private and public
41 4, 15 | Those whose decisions and actions contribute to shaping the
42 1, 4 | process in which they can actively participate”. 10~In many
43 2, 7 | and outreach, flexible and adaptable to a remarkable degree.
44 4, 17(40)| Secretary General and to the Administrative Committee on Coordination
45 4, 15 | programs for children and adults should provide training
46 1, 5 | so will be to everyone's advantage, for “we know one thing
47 3, 10 | Internet accessible to less advantaged groups, either directly
48 3, 13 | rumor-mongering, to a merging of news, advertising, and entertainment, and
49 3, 12 | and politicians and their advisors violate truthfulness and
50 4, 16 | example, by setting up media advisory boards representing the
51 4, 18 | peace, intellectual and aesthetic growth, mutual understanding
52 4, 18 | help men and women in their age-old search for self-understanding.
53 4, 17 | Cooperation between international agencies and nongovernmental organizations
54 2, 9 | Already it has been used in aggressive ways, almost as a weapon
55 1, 5 | point more than thirty years ago, media have the ability
56 2, 9 | increasing self-centeredness and alienation”. 20 The Internet can unite
57 1, 3 | social conditions which allow people, either as groups
58 2, 8 | every sort of expression was allowed and the only law was total
59 2, 7 | and demand a hearing. It allows individuals to indulge in
60 3, 14 | 14. Standing alongside issues that have to do with
61 | Already
62 | always
63 1, 6 | they call for continued analysis and discussion by all concerned
64 1, 1(1) | Communications on the twentieth anniversary of Communio et progressio,
65 3, 12(26)| John Paul II, Centesimus annus, n. 47.~
66 2, 7 | individuals to indulge in anonymity, role-playing, and fantasizing
67 | anyone
68 | anything
69 4, 18 | the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle.~John P. Foley~President~
70 3, 13 | entertainment, and to an apparent decline in serious reporting
71 4, 16 | responsible communicators, carry appropriate penalties for violations,
72 3 | III. SOME AREAS OF CONCERN~
73 2, 9 | the cold war and became an arena of international conflict.~ ~
74 2, 8 | by familiar libertarian arguments also used to defend pornography
75 4, 16 | The solution to problems arising from unregulated commercialization
76 4, 18 | including our own, people ask the same fundamental questions: “
77 1, 6 | dissemination of rumor and character assassination under the guise of news,
78 3, 13 | technology gives people to “assemble packages of information
79 1, 5 | human race”. 12~This is an astonishing vision. The Internet can
80 2, 8 | intended to foil nuclear attack by creating a decentralized
81 3, 12 | common good, we deplore attempts by public authorities to
82 4, 17 | information poor requires urgent attention in its technical, educational,
83 3, 12 | freedom to express ideas and attitudes”. 28~In light of these requirements
84 3, 13 | inescapable question: Will the audience of the future be a multitude
85 3, 13 | future be a multitude of audiences of one?...What would become
86 3, 14 | criterion of sincerity, authenticity and ‘being at peace with
87 3, 12 | expression and opinion. Authoritarian regimes are by far the worst
88 1, 1 | comprehend. The constant availability of images and ideas, and
89 4, 16 | by government should be avoided; “censorship...should only
90 3, 13 | simply to raise electronic barriers against unfamiliar ideas.
91 2, 9 | possibilities”. 18 When based upon shared values rooted
92 1, 3 | easily” 5—provides a second basic principle for ethical evaluation
93 3, 10 | and among nations, on the basis of access, or lack of access,
94 | became
95 | becomes
96 | below
97 3, 10 | that the gap between the beneficiaries of the new means of information
98 1, 5 | temptations which constantly beset us”. 14~
99 4, 16 | industry self-regulation is best. “The solution to problems
100 3, 12 | by public authorities to block access to information—on
101 4, 16 | setting up media advisory boards representing the range of
102 4, 18 | for it is here that the body of a new human family grows,
103 1, 4 | communications are no longer bound by borders”. 7 This has immensely important
104 3, 10 | connection it should be borne in mind that the causes
105 1, 4 | communications are no longer bound by borders”. 7 This has
106 4, 18 | inchoately yet truly, within the boundaries of the kingdom of God and
107 4, 17 | Internet's transnational, boundary-bridging character and its role in
108 1, 6 | much else. We shall speak briefly about some of these things
109 4, 17 | to establish and maintain broad-based Internet repositories of
110 2, 9 | diverse spheres of life, broaden educational and cultural
111 1, 5 | to ‘make room' for our brothers and sisters, bearing ‘each
112 4, 18 | including the Internet, has been brought by Christ, inchoately yet
113 3, 11 | between them” 25 is needed to build and maintain the sense of
114 2, 9 | a privileged means for building the civilization of love”. 19~
115 1, 5 | sisters, bearing ‘each other's burdens' (Gal. 6, 2) and resisting
116 1, 5 | everywhere “a partner in the business of the human race”. 12~This
117 4, 18 | brings to light his most high calling”. 43 Like today's world
118 | cannot
119 2, 9 | increased the communication capabilities of some favored individuals
120 3, 13 | self-disciplined, that should not be carried to the extreme of walling
121 3, 11 | when a dominant culture carries false values inimical to
122 4, 16 | responsible communicators, carry appropriate penalties for
123 3, 11 | people and societies in many cases ill-prepared to evaluate
124 1, 3(5) | Gaudium et spes, n. 26; cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church,
125 1, 1 | they also can serve the cause of religion. Yet this coin
126 3, 10 | be borne in mind that the causes and consequences of the
127 2, 9(18) | Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace
128 4, 16 | violations, including public censure. 36 Circumstances sometimes
129 3, 12(26)| John Paul II, Centesimus annus, n. 47.~
130 1, 3 | community of persons are central to ethical evaluation of
131 1, 2 | communication during the last century and a half. It has enormous
132 4, 18 | February 22, 2002, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle.~
133 3, 11 | novelty and glamour can challenge and overwhelm traditional
134 1, 4 | spurring rapid, sweeping social change. This is not just an economic
135 3, 10 | services available without charge to all, and in a wide range
136 1, 1 | electronic transmissions—a chattering planet nestled in the provident
137 4, 16 | hate speech, libel, fraud, child pornography and pornography
138 4, 18 | found in both human and Christian values”. 41~The Internet
139 2, 8 | remains influential in some circles, supported by familiar libertarian
140 4, 18 | which is to come”.44~Vatican City, February 22, 2002, Feast
141 2, 9 | privileged means for building the civilization of love”. 19~But that is
142 3, 14 | this way the inescapable claims of truth disappear, yielding
143 1, 1 | of these words has become clearer than ever during the past
144 3, 10 | and it, too, needs to be closed.~
145 4, 16 | accountability”. 35 Industry codes of ethics can play a useful
146 1, 1 | cause of religion. Yet this coin has another side. Media
147 3, 13 | undergoing profound changes. The combination of new technologies and
148 3, 13 | in serious reporting and commentary. Honest journalism is essential
149 1, 4 | creating a situation in which “commerce and communications are no
150 4, 16 | arising from unregulated commercialization and privatization does not
151 1, 5(12) | Pontifical Commission for Social Communications,
152 4, 17(40)| and to the Administrative Committee on Coordination of the United
153 1, 3 | In regard to the message communicated, the process of communicating,
154 1, 3 | communicated, the process of communicating, and structural and systemic
155 4, 16 | encouragement to responsible communicators, carry appropriate penalties
156 4, 18 | we pointed out above, a companion document to this one called
157 1, 3 | not a feeling of “vague compassion or shallow distress” at
158 3, 13 | people. But the economic competitiveness and round-the-clock nature
159 3, 12 | the Internet is similarly complex and gives rise to another
160 1, 2 | other religious groups, concerning the development and use
161 4 | IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION~
162 3, 11 | family, religion, the human condition—whose novelty and glamour
163 1, 3 | the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either
164 1, 6 | privacy, the security and confidentiality of data, copyright and intellectual
165 2, 9 | an arena of international conflict.~ ~
166 2, 8 | 1980s also proved to be congenial to a mindset opposed to
167 4, 17 | questions call for international consensus: for example, how to guarantee
168 1, 5 | 5. One major consequence of the deregulation of recent
169 2, 8 | underlying the Internet has a considerable bearing on its ethical aspects:
170 4, 15 | supplies the context for considering the ethical question: “Are
171 2, 8 | neo-liberal model that “considers profit and the law of the
172 4, 15(33)| Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris consortio, n. 76.~
173 1, 1 | what they comprehend. The constant availability of images and
174 1, 5 | selfish temptations which constantly beset us”. 14~
175 4, 15 | discerning evaluation of content. Those whose decisions and
176 4, 15 | common good that supplies the context for considering the ethical
177 4, 16 | Criminal behavior in other contexts is criminal behavior in
178 1, 4 | the Southern Hemisphere continue to hold millions of women
179 1, 1 | question is whether this is contributing to authentic human development
180 4, 16 | privatization does not lie in state control of media but in more regulation
181 3, 10 | just “a wealthy elite that controls science, technology and
182 4, 17(40)| Administrative Committee on Coordination of the United Nations, nn.
183 3, 11 | ill-prepared to evaluate and cope with it. Many serious problems
184 3, 12 | freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy. “Man, provided
185 1, 3 | international dimension; it is correct to speak of, and obligatory
186 3, 13 | Internet call for speedy correcting by journalists themselves.~
187 1, 1 | manipulate, dominate, and corrupt.~
188 3, 11 | cultures as historical and creative expressions of the underlying
189 4, 16 | with special ‘Internet' crimes like the dissemination of
190 4, 17 | exercising surveillance over criminals and terrorists; how to protect
191 3, 11 | a radical and widespread crisis” 24 in many parts of the
192 3, 14 | yielding their place to a criterion of sincerity, authenticity
193 3, 13 | technological capacity for customizing information simply to raise
194 2, 9 | speak of the danger of ‘cyber-terrorism.' It would be painfully
195 3, 13 | world of cyberspace may be damaging to some. Although there
196 2, 9 | and people speak of the danger of ‘cyber-terrorism.' It
197 2, 8 | This ‘new' system in fact dates back to the cold war years
198 4, 16 | regulations also may be needed to deal with special ‘Internet'
199 1, 1 | than ever during the past decade. Today it takes no great
200 2, 8 | computers holding vital data. Decentralization was the key to the scheme,
201 2, 7 | presence in cyberspace, declare his or her message to the
202 3, 13 | entertainment, and to an apparent decline in serious reporting and
203 2, 7 | individuals and groups or to deepen it.~
204 4, 18 | satisfying answer to the deepest questions of life—Jesus
205 2, 8 | libertarian arguments also used to defend pornography and violence
206 4, 17 | will not be invoked or defended at the expense of the interests
207 4, 17 | public domain—and how to define the ‘public domain' itself;
208 2, 7 | adaptable to a remarkable degree. It is egalitarian, in the
209 2, 7 | message to the world, and demand a hearing. It allows individuals
210 3, 12 | problem also exists in liberal democracies, where access to media for
211 1, 4 | entirely from the process, denied a place in the new world
212 3, 12 | requirements of the common good, we deplore attempts by public authorities
213 1, 5 | major consequence of the deregulation of recent years has been
214 3, 10 | is to say that the Church desires “a globalization which will
215 1, 1 | true to their transcendent destiny.~And, of course, in many
216 1, 3 | a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the
217 4, 17 | international level”. 39 Determined action in the private and
218 2, 8 | only parameters, to the detriment of the dignity of and the
219 4, 18 | diminishing our concern to develop this earth, the expectancy
220 1, 4 | unemployment in the more developed countries and extreme poverty
221 4, 18 | Church does not presume to dictate these decisions and choices,
222 2, 9 | ethnicity, intergenerational differences, and even religion. Already
223 4, 17 | the digital divide.~Many difficult Internet-related questions
224 1, 3 | clear, strong international dimension; it is correct to speak
225 4, 18 | salvation. Yet “far from diminishing our concern to develop this
226 1, 4 | reference which had given them direction in life....Changes in technology
227 3, 10 | advantaged groups, either directly or at least by linking it
228 3, 10 | divide' operates to the disadvantage of women, and it, too, needs
229 1, 4 | many people, especially the disadvantaged, experience this as something
230 3, 14 | inescapable claims of truth disappear, yielding their place to
231 4, 15 | to use it in an informed, disciplined way, for morally good purposes;
232 3, 12 | public by propaganda and disinformation, or to impede legitimate
233 4, 16 | personal data stored on hard disks, and the like.~Regulation
234 1, 3 | communities.~The virtue disposing people to protect and promote
235 3, 11 | dialogue that “protects the distinctiveness of cultures as historical
236 1, 3 | vague compassion or shallow distress” at other people's troubles,
237 2, 9 | of choices available in diverse spheres of life, broaden
238 3, 10 | a form of discrimination dividing the rich from the poor,
239 2, 9 | cultural horizons, break down divisions, promote human development
240 3, 11 | especially serious problem when a dominant culture carries false values
241 1, 1 | to exploit, manipulate, dominate, and corrupt.~
242 3, 11 | cultural imperialism.~Cultural domination is an especially serious
243 1, 4 | extent, the new technology drives and supports globalization,
244 2, 8 | dignity of and the respect due to individuals and peoples”. 17~
245 1, 3 | fulfillment more fully and more easily” 5—provides a second basic
246 3, 10 | kind.~As the new global economy takes shape, the Church
247 3, 13 | The Internet is a highly effective instrument for bringing
248 2, 7 | stimuli with near-narcotic effects”. 15 It can be used to break
249 1, 4 | offers advantages like “efficiency and increased production...
250 2, 7 | remarkable degree. It is egalitarian, in the sense that anyone
251 4, 17 | to close and eventually eliminate the digital divide.~Many
252 1, 2 | people have progressively eliminated time and space as obstacles
253 3, 10 | and not just “a wealthy elite that controls science, technology
254 3, 12 | they find it threatening or embarrassing to them, to manipulate the
255 2, 8 | regarding the Internet thus emerged. Here, it was said, was
256 4, 18 | Church. Here we wish only to emphasize that the Catholic Church,
257 1, 5 | that these corporations be encouraged and helped to use their
258 4, 16 | and, along with giving encouragement to responsible communicators,
259 4, 18(42)| John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Fides et ratio, n.
260 | end
261 2, 7 | decentralized, interactive, endlessly expandable in contents and
262 4, 16 | have a duty and a right to enforce such laws. New regulations
263 2, 7 | community with others and engage in sharing. According to
264 1, 2 | century and a half. It has enormous consequences for individuals,
265 4, 17 | organizations will help to ensure that the interests of states—
266 2, 7 | fantasizing and also to enter into community with others
267 1, 4 | even societies that have entered into the globalization process
268 1, 4 | individuals, commercial enterprises, and countries have grown
269 3, 13 | of news, advertising, and entertainment, and to an apparent decline
270 3, 12 | the common interest, is entitled to seek after truth, express
271 2, 8 | radical individualists and entrepreneurs obviously are two very different
272 3, 13 | 13. In this new environment, journalism is undergoing
273 1, 1 | stretch of the imagination to envisage the earth as an interconnected
274 2, 7 | tastes, it lends itself equally well to active participation
275 2, 7 | anyone with the necessary equipment and modest technical skill
276 4, 17 | there is a pressing need for equity at the international level”. 39
277 3, 14 | the service of truth. The error lies in exalting freedom “
278 4, 17 | in setting standards and establishing mechanisms to promote and
279 2, 9 | politics, possessions, race and ethnicity, intergenerational differences,
280 3, 11 | many cases ill-prepared to evaluate and cope with it. Many serious
281 1, 4 | the benefits have not been evenly shared up to now. Some individuals,
282 4, 17 | sectors is needed to close and eventually eliminate the digital divide.~
283 | ever
284 | everyone
285 | everywhere
286 2, 8 | public responsibility. An exaggerated individualism regarding
287 3, 14 | truth. The error lies in exalting freedom “to such an extent
288 1, 4 | Whole nations have been excluded almost entirely from the
289 4, 16 | the Internet is no more exempt than other media from reasonable
290 4, 17 | security officials from exercising surveillance over criminals
291 2, 9 | of freedom and democracy, expand the range of choices available
292 2, 7 | interactive, endlessly expandable in contents and outreach,
293 4, 18 | develop this earth, the expectancy of a new earth should spur
294 4, 17 | invoked or defended at the expense of the interests or rights
295 1, 4 | especially the disadvantaged, experience this as something that has
296 3, 11 | and family life, which are experiencing “a radical and widespread
297 1, 1 | communities can be used to exploit, manipulate, dominate, and
298 2, 9 | 9. The explosion of information technology
299 3, 11 | historical and creative expressions of the underlying unity
300 4, 16 | be used in the very last extremity”. 34 But the Internet is
301 3, 12 | violate truthfulness and fairness by misrepresenting opponents
302 3, 10 | and development and not fall further behind. It is imperative “
303 1, 4 | wealthy while others have fallen behind. Whole nations have
304 3, 11 | dominant culture carries false values inimical to the true
305 2, 8 | some circles, supported by familiar libertarian arguments also
306 4, 15(33)| Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris consortio, n. 76.~
307 2, 7 | anonymity, role-playing, and fantasizing and also to enter into community
308 2, 9 | communication capabilities of some favored individuals and groups many
309 4, 18 | City, February 22, 2002, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
310 2, 7 | has a number of striking features. It is instantaneous, immediate,
311 4, 18 | to come”.44~Vatican City, February 22, 2002, Feast of the Chair
312 1, 3 | solidarity. It is not a feeling of “vague compassion or
313 4, 18(42)| Paul II, Encyclical Letter Fides et ratio, n. 1.~
314 3, 12 | communication—because they find it threatening or embarrassing
315 1, 3 | people's troubles, but “a firm and persevering determination
316 2, 7 | in contents and outreach, flexible and adaptable to a remarkable
317 1, 4 | globalization as a destructive flood threatening the social norms
318 2, 9 | multitude of ways. “The free flow of images and speech on
319 2, 8 | when it was intended to foil nuclear attack by creating
320 4, 18 | Peter the Apostle.~John P. Foley~President~Pierfranco Pastore~
321 1, 4 | something that has been forced upon them rather than as
322 2, 9 | Paradoxically, the very forces which can lead to better
323 4, 18 | new human family grows, foreshadowing in some way the age which
324 3, 10 | called the digital divide—a form of discrimination dividing
325 4, 16 | representatives of the public in their formulation and enforcement, and, along
326 4, 17 | peoples, especially the less fortunate”. 40 In this connection
327 4, 16 | against hate speech, libel, fraud, child pornography and pornography
328 4, 17 | repositories of information freely available to all Internet
329 1, 3 | individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily” 5—
330 1, 1 | persons, the structure and functioning of societies, intercultural
331 1, 6 | by all concerned parties. Fundamentally, though, we do not view
332 | further
333 3, 13 | Will the audience of the future be a multitude of audiences
334 1, 5 | each other's burdens' (Gal. 6, 2) and resisting the
335 2, 8 | and violence in the media generally. 16~Although radical individualists
336 3, 14 | another set of concerns generated by libertarianism. The ideology
337 1, 5 | welcome it and prize it as a gift from God,” along with the
338 1, 4 | points of reference which had given them direction in life....
339 4, 16 | enforcement, and, along with giving encouragement to responsible
340 3, 11 | condition—whose novelty and glamour can challenge and overwhelm
341 1, 1 | earth as an interconnected globe humming with electronic
342 4, 18 | come from and where am I going? Why is there evil? What
343 1, 5 | persons, creating a world governed by justice and peace and
344 4, 16 | 16. Prior censorship by government should be avoided; “censorship...
345 3, 13 | world where people need to grow in mutual understanding.
346 4, 17 | aspects.~There is today a “growing sense of international solidarity”
347 1, 4 | enterprises, and countries have grown enormously wealthy while
348 4, 18 | body of a new human family grows, foreshadowing in some way
349 4, 17 | consensus: for example, how to guarantee the privacy of law-abiding
350 4, 15 | purposes; parents should guide and supervise children's
351 1, 5 | needs to be informed and guided by a resolute commitment
352 1, 6 | assassination under the guise of news, and much else.
353 1, 2 | during the last century and a half. It has enormous consequences
354 1, 5 | the past: we will never be happy and at peace without one
355 4, 16 | personal data stored on hard disks, and the like.~Regulation
356 3, 14 | libertarianism is both mistaken and harmful—not least, to legitimate
357 3, 13 | psychological development and health likewise need continued
358 2, 7 | the world, and demand a hearing. It allows individuals to
359 1, 5 | corporations be encouraged and helped to use their power for the
360 1, 1 | authentic human development and helping individuals and peoples
361 1, 4 | countries of the Southern Hemisphere continue to hold millions
362 4, 18 | brings to light his most high calling”. 43 Like today'
363 | himself
364 3, 11 | distinctiveness of cultures as historical and creative expressions
365 2, 9 | It opens up a range of hitherto unthinkable possibilities”. 18
366 1, 4 | Southern Hemisphere continue to hold millions of women and men
367 2, 8 | decentralized network of computers holding vital data. Decentralization
368 1, 4(9) | Corps Accredited to the Holy See, n. 3, January 10, 2000.~
369 3, 13 | reporting and commentary. Honest journalism is essential
370 4, 17 | In this connection we hope that the World Summit of
371 2, 9 | educational and cultural horizons, break down divisions, promote
372 1, 1 | an interconnected globe humming with electronic transmissions—
373 2, 8 | the loss of the data.~An idealistic vision of the free exchange
374 3, 13 | made them more liable to ideological and commercial pressures”, 29
375 1, 1 | of values, world views, ideologies, and religious beliefs”. 1~
376 3 | III. SOME AREAS OF CONCERN~
377 3, 11 | societies in many cases ill-prepared to evaluate and cope with
378 1, 1 | no great stretch of the imagination to envisage the earth as
379 2, 7 | features. It is instantaneous, immediate, worldwide, decentralized,
380 1, 4 | by borders”. 7 This has immensely important consequences.
381 3, 13 | possibility that prolonged immersion in the virtual world of
382 3, 11 | needed today because of the impact of new communications technology
383 3, 12 | and disinformation, or to impede legitimate freedom of expression
384 3, 11 | not dialogue but cultural imperialism.~Cultural domination is
385 3, 13 | from others. The medium's implications for psychological development
386 3, 10 | concerns about the Internet are implicit in what has been said so
387 1, 5 | spirituality of communion which implies “the ability to see what
388 1, 2 | brings two elements of great importance: her commitment to the dignity
389 4, 18 | life?” 42 The Church cannot impose answers, but she can—and
390 3, 11 | one another, and merely imposing the world view, values,
391 1, 2 | also can be done by its improper use. Which it will be, good
392 4, 18 | been brought by Christ, inchoately yet truly, within the boundaries
393 1, 3 | It should be understood inclusively, as the whole of those worthy
394 1, 4 | consequences. Globalization can increase wealth and foster development;
395 2, 9 | communication can also lead to increasing self-centeredness and alienation”. 20
396 | Indeed
397 4, 18 | does seek to be of help by indicating ethical and moral criteria
398 2, 8 | responsibility. An exaggerated individualism regarding the Internet thus
399 2, 8 | generally. 16~Although radical individualists and entrepreneurs obviously
400 2, 7 | It allows individuals to indulge in anonymity, role-playing,
401 3, 10 | another intractable source of inequity and discrimination”. 21
402 2, 8 | way of thinking remains influential in some circles, supported
403 3, 11 | culture carries false values inimical to the true good of individuals
404 2, 7 | striking features. It is instantaneous, immediate, worldwide, decentralized,
405 | Instead
406 3, 11 | Internet transmit and help instill a set of cultural values—
407 3, 14 | freedom of expression, the integrity and accuracy of news, and
408 2, 7 | worldwide, decentralized, interactive, endlessly expandable in
409 1, 1 | envisage the earth as an interconnected globe humming with electronic
410 2, 9 | possessions, race and ethnicity, intergenerational differences, and even religion.
411 4, 17 | digital divide.~Many difficult Internet-related questions call for international
412 4, 16 | sometimes may require state intervention: for example, by setting
413 3, 10 | them...not become another intractable source of inequity and discrimination”. 21
414 1 | I. INTRODUCTION~
415 4, 17 | within them, will not be invoked or defended at the expense
416 4, 16 | are seriously intended, involve representatives of the public
417 2, 9 | It would be painfully ironic if this instrument of communication
418 2, 7 | be used to break down the isolation of individuals and groups
419 4 | IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION~
420 4, 18 | deepest questions of life—Jesus Christ, who “fully reveals
421 3, 13(29)| Paul II, Address to the Jubilee of Journalists, n. 2, June
422 3, 13(29)| Jubilee of Journalists, n. 2, June 4, 2000.~
423 1, 5 | creating a world governed by justice and peace and love. Now,
424 4, 17 | individuals and groups without keeping law enforcement and security
425 2, 8 | Decentralization was the key to the scheme, since in
426 4, 18 | within the boundaries of the kingdom of God and placed in service
427 3, 12 | truth, express and make known his opinions...he ought
428 3, 10 | the basis of access, or lack of access, to the new information
429 2, 8 | new realm, the marvelous land of cyberspace, where every
430 3, 11 | world view, values, and even language of one culture upon another
431 1, 2 | will be, good or harm, is largely a matter of choice—a choice
432 2, 8 | the World Wide Web of the late 1980s also proved to be
433 1, 2 | 2. The Internet is the latest and in many respects most
434 4, 17 | guarantee the privacy of law-abiding individuals and groups without
435 3, 11 | street. Cultures have much to learn from one another, and merely
436 2, 7 | According to users' tastes, it lends itself equally well to active
437 3, 13 | But we also are concerned lest people make use of the medium'
438 4, 17 | equity at the international level”. 39 Determined action in
439 3, 13 | has also made them more liable to ideological and commercial
440 4, 16 | laws against hate speech, libel, fraud, child pornography
441 3, 12 | the problem also exists in liberal democracies, where access
442 2, 8 | circles, supported by familiar libertarian arguments also used to defend
443 2, 8 | the community of radical libertarians. This way of thinking remains
444 2, 8 | law was total individual liberty to do as one pleased. Of
445 4, 16 | and privatization does not lie in state control of media
446 3, 14 | service of truth. The error lies in exalting freedom “to
447 3, 13 | psychological development and health likewise need continued study, including
448 4, 17 | property rights without limiting access to material in the
449 1, 2 | respects most powerful in a line of media—telegraph, telephone,
450 3, 10 | directly or at least by linking it with lower-cost traditional
451 4, 15 | technical skills—‘computer literacy' and the like—but a capacity
452 3, 11 | communications technology on the lives of individuals and peoples”. 23
453 1, 2 | the human person and her long tradition of moral wisdom. 3~
454 1, 4 | and communications are no longer bound by borders”. 7 This
455 3, 10 | least by linking it with lower-cost traditional media. Cyberspace
456 1, 5 | 5. One major consequence of the deregulation
457 1, 2 | choice—a choice to whose making the Church brings two elements
458 2, 8 | profit and the law of the market as its only parameters,
459 3, 11 | for example, in regard to marriage and family life, which are
460 4, 17 | without limiting access to material in the public domain—and
461 2, 8 | many computers would not mean the loss of the data.~An
462 2, 8 | pleased. Of course this meant that the only community
463 4, 17 | standards and establishing mechanisms to promote and protect the
464 4, 17 | solidarity by serving as a meeting place for states and civil
465 1, 3 | purposes to which a community's members commit themselves together
466 3, 11 | learn from one another, and merely imposing the world view,
467 3, 13 | and rumor-mongering, to a merging of news, advertising, and
468 1, 4 | Hemisphere continue to hold millions of women and men back from
469 3, 10 | connection it should be borne in mind that the causes and consequences
470 2, 8 | proved to be congenial to a mindset opposed to anything smacking
471 3, 12 | truthfulness and fairness by misrepresenting opponents and shrinking
472 3, 14 | radical libertarianism is both mistaken and harmful—not least, to
473 2, 8 | activity on a neo-liberal model that “considers profit and
474 2, 7 | necessary equipment and modest technical skill can be an
475 4, 15 | informed, disciplined way, for morally good purposes; parents should
476 1, 4 | and work relationships are moving too quickly for cultures
477 2, 9 | both as individuals and as mutually suspicious groups separated
478 2, 7 | passive absorption into “a narcissistic, self-referential world
479 1, 5 | been a shift of power from national states to transnational
480 2, 7 | self-referential world of stimuli with near-narcotic effects”. 15 It can be used
481 2, 8 | Internet to be a place for very nearly every kind of expression,
482 2, 7 | sense that anyone with the necessary equipment and modest technical
483 2, 8 | commercial activity on a neo-liberal model that “considers profit
484 1, 1 | transmissions—a chattering planet nestled in the provident silence
485 2, 8 | creating a decentralized network of computers holding vital
486 | never
487 4, 17 | international agencies and nongovernmental organizations will help
488 1, 4 | flood threatening the social norms which had protected them
489 3, 11 | the human condition—whose novelty and glamour can challenge
490 2, 8 | it was intended to foil nuclear attack by creating a decentralized
491 1, 3 | correct to speak of, and obligatory to work for, the international
492 4, 15 | users of the Internet are obliged to use it in an informed,
493 1, 2 | eliminated time and space as obstacles to communication during
494 2, 8 | individualists and entrepreneurs obviously are two very different groups,
495 | off
496 3, 12 | regimes are by far the worst offenders in this regard; but the
497 4, 16 | pornography in general, and other offenses. Criminal behavior in other
498 4, 17 | enforcement and security officials from exercising surveillance
499 3, 10 | an updated version of an older gap between the ‘information
500 2, 9 | understanding of the world. It opens up a range of hitherto unthinkable
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