Ig Model

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Theoretical analysis of ig models: global practices and china’s proposal /approach

1. Introduction
1.1 Background and Research Questions
Internet governance is emerging as a leading issue in twenty-first century. Developing rapidly since its invention, the Internet has worked as the communication network connecting individuals, and is becoming the basic infrastructure of social and economic system. As a global distributed network, the Internet consists of millions of smaller interconnected networks, with great influences transcending national borders. Today, Internet governance has become a point of international conflicts, and a new arena for display of political and economical power. Therefore, it is necessary to rank the issue of Internet …show more content…

Since China embraced the Internet in early 1990s, enormous academic efforts have been made on China's control over the Internet via diversified ways (Goldsmith & Wu, 2006; Hughes & Wacker, 2003; Kalathil & Boas, 2010). However, relatively little attention is paid to its role and action on Internet governance at the global level. The existing research has already gave up the early belief of a totally decentralized and uncontrollable Internet system as merely a myth (Goldsmith & Wu, 2006), which makes it possible to bring states back into analysis of Internet governance. Based on the analysis of current Internet governance models, China’s proposals of Internet governance can also be seen in the international arena. Emphasizing on cyber sovereignty and role of state, should it be counted as a new model? In this thesis, it will be …show more content…

Both current models, multi-stakeholder and intergovernmental models will be analyzed respectively through actors, scope and principles aspects. From each aspect, the key features of each model can be concluded. What is the power structure and interrelations between actors? What issues are covered in each model, and what are the most focal ones? Regarding the normative aspect, what are the common standards for the regime? How could it be assessed and situated in the political spectrum? Comparatively, both models have their characteristics, which will be summarized in a visualized

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