Originally Posted by
ORAC
I respectfully disagree. Information Technology as a whole gives the state the power to dictate the message in a way that is simply unprecedented. In the past the message was generally controlled by isolating the population, the North Korea model if you will.
However the economic miracle that is at the heart of the Communist Parties compact with its people demands engaging the world, yet they have leveraged IT to keep a tight control on the message and manage it in real time. This has never been possible at other than the local level in the past.