MCS 2020 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Marketing Information Management Notes.docx
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They are prejudging materials and making value judgements on behalf of the other people. Internet often described as the most democratic medium ever invented b/c it"s a tool for both hearing and being heard (designed as a place for communication and eventually fully interactive communication) At the core of any democratic system are 2 basic principles: people should have equal access to power and a voice in shaping the direction of that power (voting) and citizens should be granted universal freedoms and liberties. Internet provides equal access to everyone and grants basic freedoms to its users = democratic. Internet also makes less explicit forms of opinion sharing or voting possible. In the info age, freedom of speech extends protection even further. Citizens are also granted the right to seek ideas, right to receive ideas, and the right to distribute those ideas.