- Jan 1st 1983 - when the internet started
- Idea that the internet is a "permissive network" which is hard to control/manage
- Network open to "innovation" and "creativity"
- Network described as "seamless"
- 1/10 of internet users in Indonesia have no clue they use the internet for Facebook
- Easier in this time for police to "detect crime"
- In places like Egypt, it's dangerous to speak out against those in power
- Active citizenship
- Internet valuable as a place for free research
- Internet is a place to make connections
- engage with other people
- political action
- charity
- campaigning
- financial reward
- games
- learning
- entertainment
- friendship
- bullying
- unwanted porn
- images of child sexual abuse
- extremism
- abuse
- scams and rip-offs
- fraud
- conspiracy theories
- Power over: media control, audiences, journalists, government
- Power to: censor, mislead, set the agenda
- Some journalists paid-per-click
- Theory: Stuart Hall - role of media to "circulate common sense"
- Media can tend to over and under represent others
Owen Jones
stated how the problems the working class face are in the hands of those in power
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