The Internet

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This paper examines how there is one mass medium which has given the individual so much power that it has raised the ire of the major producers of entertainment content: The internet. It essentially attempts to illustrate the power of the internet as a tool of mass-communications which is accessible to all, unlike all previous forms of mass-media. It analyzes its impact on democracy and discusses such issues as file sharing.

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"When originally started in the late 70s, the internet was intended as a decentralized network of communication so that the US government would still be able to exchange data in the event of nuclear attack on large cities . Mark Poster's work, Cyberdemocracy states, "The Internet is above all a decentralized communication system. Like the telephone network, anyone hooked up to the internet may initiate a call, send a message that he or she has composed, and do so in the manner of the broadcast system, that is to say, may send a message to many receivers". This, in and of itself, becomes a threat to the Mass Media's monopoly over audiencehood."

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