Web of power?

The mainstrem media have issues they cannot report due to their relationships with the government and their sponsors. The public are deprived of information which they have the right to know. However, due to the development of the internet, the power has come back to the people.

 The internet allows us to search for any topic we desire. This ability to find anything online has got the public thinking they are more global than before the arrival of the net. But, it makes me wonder, has the internet brought the world closer or drawn them further apart? Information wise, of course people are connected in ways which would never have been possible. You can send a message to anyone who owns a computer despite the locations. But, the fact that you can access to almost everything online, means some might think they don't need to "get out there" and search for themselves. Who needs to go to a library when they can search for everything online? Why should you spend a load of money to research a monument when you have all the information you need on the internet? The efficiency of the internet has made it worthless to go into the field to independently research something. By using the net, it is more likely that people stay inside, oblivious to what is outside, in the real world. I love using the internet, and I love how efficient it is, but thinking that the web makes you more global is wrong. There are things you cannot find out unless you physically go there and witness it for yourselves.

This blog post was pretty off topic, but I will be posting another one about the lecture!