Second Life – virtual worlds can change ideas about identity and society and can be positive particularly for the marginalised. However, there are moral issues eg,. **** add ons and criminal activities which go unrecorded and unregulated.
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Global networked society – Power now rests in networks which are unlikely to be access by the unskilled and low paid
digital communication and networks can have the ability to revitilise democracy
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Digital communication is just an extension of old forms of media that are owned and controlled by the ruling classes
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Takes a conflict view of digital communication. It reproduces and legitimises inequality in capitalist society. Brings about a state of false class consciousness.
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Digital communication is a type of cultural imperialism, dominated by Western cultural industries that use it to impose their cultural values on the rest of the world
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Digital media developed as a result of investment and ownership is concentrated in the hands of a few
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Highlights the similarity between different types of digital communication which leads to a cult of homogeneity
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Men control the internet and therefore women’s voices are muted
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The anonymity of much digital communication allows women to transcend an oppressed identity eg. Cyborgs
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Identifies a fourth wave of feminism powered by digital communication which is encouraging women to build and empowering, popular and reactive movement online.
