I have spent ages commenting on the others' Blogs so little ltime left to post..But main thoughts
1) why so interesting in class - so little discussion on our Blogs? Wrong medium? Should we be using a forum? Have asked Polly to investigate!
2) Democratisation? Don't think so at the mo because
A) who owns the machinery to produce thes messages? What is their agenda?
B)self-censorship due to societal expectaions of how we shoule "behave" - fear of repriesals if we transgress - as in the Snowdon case mentioned in class... and many moer?
C) IT as the new opium of the masses?
D) Tribes? Communities? Peronae?
E) reality and the moment are only ever fleeting in whatever context and have only ever been that way so this new world we are exploring is infact the only way we can truly consider anything...it is infact the only "real"... ephemeral, transtory, shifting, various, multifaceted, infinitely different
F) but... controlled by who? business? governments?
So do these mean I am a Luddite or does E) above mean I am moving into the virtual world? Am I becoming a Borg?
