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[10] Emergence of the Networked Public Sphere

Becoming a speaker or the messenger of the news was something that Benkler explores in the chapter 7 of his book. He says that biggest difference between networked information economy and industrial one, is the economic cost of the channeling the news to the people. Individuals are no longer passive observes and recievers of the information in the proccess of the [...]

More then a chocolate! Take 2.

In chapter 3, Shirky was talking about the old way and new way of the mass-media controlled communication and information flow. Old school way of communication, i.e. TV, radio, newspapers etc,…  was one way street communication flow. The information was being created and served to the consumers. Proffesionals were the “gatekeepers, simoutalnelsly providning and controling access [...]

Module 9: Individual freedom

Author argues that networked information economy enables individuals to easier find out what is going on in the world, it expedites trnsfer of the knowledge, social reform and most importantly it improves the freedom and economic justice both localy and globally (Benkler 131). In Benkler’s opinion the way individual receives information represents the level of the democracy and freedom [...]

Written response to the Module 8

The core political value of liberal-democratic societies is measured by the way individuals are able to share, receive and construct the information. If the information exchange is more diverse the individual participation is greater (Benkler 2). Benkler argues that most advanced economies have two systems of the market based production: old way so-called pre-internet way and new way which is organized in much [...]

Module 8: Culture, Politics & the Network Environment + Remixing & Hacking