personal, professional, and educational purposes. As Benkler notes, these tools enable the public sphere and “relies on the information and cultural production activity of emerging nonmarket actors” (2006, p. 6). The rate of communication is outstanding as it “reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network” (YouTube, 2014). Part of the appeal is the limited regulations and the freedom of speech that is globally accessible. As Benkler states “social production is a fact, not a fad. It is
belief is one that has been recently been rediscovered within the past 100 years even though it began in 100ce. Rav Shimon Bar Yochai (100 – 160ce) instated this belief system and was held responsible for writing down the “secret wisdom” which is a book that explains how the universe functions. This book is called the Zohar or the Book of Splendor. After Rav Shimon Bar Yochai created and refined his writings, he realized that because the world was not ready for the wisdom thus, it was not revealed and
Habermas’ Public sphere: from the 18th century to today societies Public sphere is a necessary concept to understand our connected world. All the more today with new technologies, we are inter-connected and share a lot through Internet. Jürgen Habermas has conceptualized the public sphere as a place where debates take place and ideas are shared. It is useful in understanding our very connected societies. The question is to acknowledge how to apply his theory to social media. Internet changed
Using an illustrative case study from the Web (site, application, event, etc.), analyze and discuss the significance of what Henry Jenkins calls ‘convergence culture’. Make specific reference to two or three of the major areas of tension he identifies as shaping the contemporary media environment. Significant innovations have occurred across the business or intermediate services sectors and the domestic or consumer service sectors, across the fields of entertainment, communication, and information
“Repression will provoke rebellion.” For many years, the government and people with power has been hiding information for the benefit of society, to protect the people. Goverments and people with power all around the world have been repressing people of their rights like their freedom and the ability to team up against the government and people with power to eliminate repression. As a result, individuals and groups have been fighting like Chen Guangcheng of China and a group of scholars. Calum Mcloed
As capitalism runs its course and develops new technologies, society is left to pick up the pieces and figure out where these new technologies will lead them. Ever since I learned to use the Internet as a child, I have become accustomed to seeing more and more fascinating technology developments that have changed the way I communicated as the years went by. Now that the Internet has infiltrated more aspects of human life, it has become necessary to reflect on how this critical juncture will continue
Introduction Kony 2012 was a film produced Invisible Children which went viral overnight. The video gained 31 million views in a single day and since has gathered almost over 99 million view on YouTube. The campaign was a 30-minute video made by filmmaker and Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell can be considered a political documentary by traditional standards. The political documentary intended to persuade bystander viewers to hold certain beliefs about Kony, a leader of the rebel militia