Week 3




Questions for the documentary “Virtual Revolution” part 1, 2, and 3.


  1. The web is celebrated as the revolutionary technology that is great leveling of humanity creating equal opportunity, equal access, and equal potential. However, there are only a quarter of people on the earth who can use it. How do you explain the controversial argument here?


The primary issue is that a few nations that can't get to the web third world nations, similar to Africa, and surprisingly certain first world areas that can't manage the cost of a PC or the costs that accompany one.


  1. How is Wikipedia the best example to implement the leveling ideas of the Web rooted in the cultural revolution of 1960s, namely the Libertarianism in the counter culture? How does it explain some of the digital convergences?


In Libertarianism, authority and moderate framework don't have any effect - which is what's fundamentally the deal with Wikipedia. Anyone can post anything they want on Wikipedia and have their voices heard regardless their level of capacity or data in regards to the matter. It's an ideal explanation of cutting edge mixes since it's mass proportions of individuals who partner with each other and offer information through the World Wide Web.


  1. How does the Web make it possible for different kinds of digital convergence?


The Internet makes it feasible for various Internet clients from around the world to interface through substitute kinds of web-based media on the web.


  1. How can the Internet become a challenge for traditional authority? Use the political landscape changes in some counties to illustrate your answer.


  1. In traditional media communication, it has the “vertical” authority. In the Web communication, it becomes “horizontal?” How do you explain the change? How does this create the possibility for digital media convergence?


In customary media correspondence, there was considerably more believability to a "upward" model of power. Notwithstanding, by tossing out the mastery behind posts, and placing everybody on an equivalent degree of believability, it turns out to be more "level." This makes the opportunities for advanced media union since what individuals compose on the Internet would now greaterly affect individuals and impact realities - this outcomes in a more extensive spreading of data.

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