Internet in the Postmodern Age

Paper Summary:

How relevant is the industrial, entertainment, military machine for a critical understanding of the new media forms? The paper answers this question with the only conceivable answer - 'not very.' The paper argues that instead of corporate American entertainment attempting to advertise to the public, captivating a supposedly generic frame of attention, with the popularity of the Internet and other fragmenting forms of entertainment, the old media channels must utilize new media channels like the Internet to gain information about what the public wants.

From the Paper:

"The democratic nature of the Internet is not simply reflected in the literary sphere alone. A musical band can gain exposure to the world by putting their tracks upon the web, available for download. Although the Internet has been denounced for its ability to foster musical piracy, it also permits persons to use the fact that millions of people surf the web to gain a venue that they could not find on a commercial radio station. Even alternative radio stations can make themselves heard all over the nation."

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