all), but I speed at which this occurs is NOTHING like any other form of media that exists. Aditionally, all other previously mentioned forms of media can now be found on the Internet. To me, this seems a lot different. Simply because an upgrade in technology exhibits similar types of influences over society, doesn't mean it is the same. Newer, better, faster is different, if it wasn't it wouldn't be newer, or better, or faster. It would be the same. Perhaps this has to do with the time at which this article was written. With technology, a decade is a long time, and I wasn't paroosing the Internet ten years ago to say whether or not this is accurate, BUT as the Internet stands now, I would have to say I disagree with Handel and Stern. The internet IS different, for exactly the reasons they point out: it is vast, accessible, interactive, multimedia, and pretty hard to regulate (289). Since these issues didn't seem to be too big a problem with previous forms of media, I would say yeah, its different.