The twentieth century saw a greater exploitation of various forms of media, through FDR s use of radio and John F. Kennedy s appearances on television. This decline in the practice of information exchange as a participatory experience has harmed our politics. Gill then presented the problem of trying to define the relevant terms of privacy, freedom, and security in our day. Privacy, he says, is freedom from the intrusions of observation and disclosure, but both privacy and freedom require security, a more difficult concept to come to terms with. Regulation is inevitable.
Governments always impose regulations.
Today we may not face a Stamp Act to regulate, or limit, the flow of information, but issues of security and privacy must be considered. The preservation of the status quo is often understood as the task of regulation. Eventually, even higher-dimensional communications systems will generate additional conflict over the questions of privacy, freedom, regulation, and security, but these remain key elements of our social capital that must be preserved. She also worried that access to new technologies would be unavailable to the poor and less privileged members of society. Gill responded that wide access to the Internet could be achieved through an extensive effort to wire schools and other institutions that reach broad populations, much like the campaign that brought telephone service to rural America in the 1930s.