marxist on digital communications

Question 1

Digital communications enable cultural imperialism

Answer 1

Seabrook
* cultural homogenisation is cultural imperialism
* most of internet is controlled by western based companies who spread their capitalist views
* cultural imperialism can end in social and religious disruption

Question 2

marxist ideas about digital communications

Answer 2

generally critical, arguing that they simply offer a new way for the ruling class to manipulate the masses

Question 2

digital communications are dominated by a few powerful companies

Answer 2

Jenkins
* FAANG
* large coorporations of the ruling elite

Cornford and Robins
* people who own digital media are capitalists
* want to make profit and control masses

Question 3

marxists are critical of digital communications because they provide a new form of surveillance for the capitalist class

Answer 3

Cornford and Robins
* ‘protecting the public from terrorism’
* use data to clamp down on anyone protesting against capitalist system

Question 4

deregulation of the media and digital communications

Answer 4

• few laws governing the medias moral responsibilities
• method of survelance
• balance between sleep and screen time has tipped