The document discusses the rise of new media and its challenges to traditional mainstream media. It notes that new media allows more voices to be heard but also brings issues of regulating content and determining the truth. It provides examples of bloggers and cyber activists being jailed in some countries for their online comments and criticisms of governments. The document advocates that new media can break monopolies over truth and lies if it is not over-regulated.
22. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts
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Every corporate media has its own agenda, they are owned and operated by business establishments who can never ever be 100% truthful to their readers. We read what they want us to read. Anything that comes in print automatically gets authenticity. We have seen numerous examples of media propaganda (intentional or unnintentional). I hope you all remember how the mainstream media boycotted the 2006 strike against reservation in delhi.
Do you recognize this image ? It’s a story from the first book of bible. God created adam and eve and they were living in paradise, but later god had to banish them from the paradise, do you know why ? Because GOD asked them not to eat from the tree of knowledge. Its not any random tree, but the tree of knowledge, eating the fruit would give you knowledge of the good and the bad. So there were attempts to control man by controlling his access to information and knowledge even from the days of creation. We have left paradise/ we gave up imortality to have the right to know whats right and whats wrong. Lets us live upto it, lets not be fooled by what ever information that is fed into us.
American linguist, philosopher, [2] [3] [4] cognitive scientist , political activist , author, and lecturer. This guy is the most influential living intellectual of our times and has a GOD like status among people who hold freedom as the most important human value. He has written numerous books and I suggest that you read his books. I have to warn you cos you might not remain a patriot after reading his books.
And often corporate media publishes a lot of nonsense, this being a perfect example
This is how a newspaper here in kerala defined bluetooth technology. The article was about the ill effects of mobile phones.. And had a title.. “Blue Truth”
New media is more democratic in the sense that there are many different opinions and each one is influenced by personal experiences and opinions. Every piece of information goes through a lot of analysis and criticism,