The Research On The Social Control Of The Internet In China

Internet has developed at overwhelming speed from the end of 1960s. In the course of the Internet development, a series of negative effects, such as crime on Internet, programming Internet virus, spreading Internet sexy, show up in cyberspace. In order to solve the social problem in cyberspace and assure country security, society progress, economy prospering and human being's full development, the social control of the Internet becomes an inevitable question for study. Choosing the means of social control is a key link, the social control means in China includes law control, administration control and morality control. These three means take on different characters and functions, but they have limitations, so we must take some measures to improve social control means. Controlling the social problem is to control the participant which causes the social problem in Cyberspace. Internet technology is a kind of information technology. Internet participants include Internet information sender, service and receiver. It has four stages in the course of control, namely, decision-making, implementation, supervision and feedback. These four stages are interactional and reciprocal, so they form the mechanism of the social control on the Internet. For the sake of improving the social control effect of the Internet in China, on one hand, we must attach importance to social control, integrate all kinds of means, and hold the moderation principle of the social control; on the other hand, it is necessary to upgrade technology , study and exploit advanced technology.