한국 인터넷은 10년 만에 세계에서 가장 역동적인 사이버문화를 가능하게 하였지만, 그 과정에서 겪는 규범적 문제도 적잖이 양산하였다. 산업화, 민주화에서도 급격한 변화를 겪은 한국이 정보화에서도 역시 같은 속도를 경험하고 있는 것이다. 2008년 보수정권의 출범과 더불어 인터넷에 관한 규범적 논란은 규제강화의 타당성 여부로 나타났다. 그러나 이러한 논쟁은 근본적으로는 규범주체의 인간상에 관한 인식의 차이로부터 빚어진다. 근대이후 규범주체로 인정받아오지 못한 한국국민이 근대헌법 국가에서 당연히 누려야 할 지위를 인터넷 세계에서 다시 한 번 요구하고 있다는 해석이 가능하다. 이러한 민주주의적 요구는 규범주체의 자기지배와 규범준수를 위한 예측가능성과 기대가능성을 전제로 그 규범이 절차적 정당성을 확보하고 있을 때 비로소 준수할 수 있다는 의미로 이해할 수 있다. 그리고 이를 실현하기 위한 방안으로서 네티즌에 대한 민주적 규범주체성의 인정과 더불어 입법과정에의 참여보장과 적극적 참여지원, 행정권의 발동에 있어서의 협치성 강화, 실질적 규범력을 구체화하는 사법권 등 국가 전체적인 차원에서의 실질적 협력이 필요한 것이다. 이러한 노력은 현재 논의하고 있는 각종 인터넷규제입법에 관한 국회의 개방적 운용으로부터 시작할 수 있다.

Korea has created one of the most advanced and dynamic cyber cultures in the world in less than 10 years. However, it has encountered many normative problems during the development processes. As far as Korea's industrialization and democratization are concerned, Korea took relatively shorter amount of time than any other countries in the world. It seems that Korea's informatization follows the same pattern as Korea's industrialization and democratization. However, with the birth of the conservative administration in 2008, the government turned into reinforcing the Internet regulations which created a strong opposition from liberal side. Nevertheless, this kind of controversy is essentially made by the difference in human being of the subject of the norms. Since modern times, most Koreans have not been treated as the subject of the norms even though they should have been. Today, these Koreans demand their position in cyberspace. This kind of democratic demands can finally be understood as norms when these demands have procedural legitimacy based on predictability and expectancy for the subject of the norms and observance. n order to make it happen, we need to work on actual collaborations in the areas of ensuring civil participation during legislative process, strengthening private and public partnership, and specifying practical normative power not individually but as a nation for netizens. The national assembly needs to open discussions related to regulations over the Internet with a little more open mind.

Korea has created one of the most advanced and dynamic cyber cultures in the world in less than 10 years. However, it has encountered many normative problems during the development processes. As far as Korea's industrialization and democratization are concerned, Korea took relatively shorter amount of time than any other countries in the world. It seems that Korea's informatization follows the same pattern as Korea's industrialization and democratization. However, with the birth of the conservative administration in 2008, the government turned into reinforcing the Internet regulations which created a strong opposition from liberal side. Nevertheless, this kind of controversy is essentially made by the difference in human being of the subject of the norms. Since modern times, most Koreans have not been treated as the subject of the norms even though they should have been. Today, these Koreans demand their position in cyberspace. This kind of democratic demands can finally be understood as norms when these demands have procedural legitimacy based on predictability and expectancy for the subject of the norms and observance. n order to make it happen, we need to work on actual collaborations in the areas of ensuring civil participation during legislative process, strengthening private and public partnership, and specifying practical normative power not individually but as a nation for netizens. The national assembly needs to open discussions related to regulations over the Internet with a little more open mind.