o deliver content found in the Bible. Dozens of Catholic churches use Web sites to garner new recruits. -Politics: The majority of the USA's top lawmakers receive a daily email tally of how many of their constituents favour or oppose a specific issue. And President Clinton received millions of emails while he was in office. -Careers: About 10% of jobs are filled through the Internet in the U.S., according to Terri Bonar-Stewart, CEO of a Cincinnati-based consulting company. This summer 82% of college grads will search for careers and employment information online, according to SBC Internet Services; 66% will email their resumes to prospective to employers; 55% will post their resumes online. -Language: The latest edition of the New Oxford Dictionary of English includes definitions for Web slang including "snail mail," "applet," "geek," "digerati" and "mouse potato." -Leisure: Researchers at the Yankee Group and elsewhere have found TV viewing decreases in households with Internet access. But is the internet really the great leveller that everyone is talking about? Annette Hamilton of the ZdNet Anchordesk website has described the internet as:“a wondrous, global phenomenon that is erasing borders and flattening economic barriers. Just listen to BlackWeb's Frank Coburn, who attests, "The Internet has leveled the playing field for everyone. Race and gender have become irrelevant and we can now obtain the same information and speak to the same people as anyone else." Is this really the case? At the moment sadly no. Yes, the internet does allow almost anyone to voice their point of view but with the exception that they must own a computer and speak English. Again the example of the United States provides the evidence:-Two-thirds of all Internet users reside in North America: The increase of cheap computers and unmetered free local calls contributed greatly to the internet boom there in the mid 90’s. This allowed citizens almost 2...
