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Sin and Wikipedia: Mass Communication
in the 21st Century
Presented by Celine (Ha-Young) SongArtSci ‘10
Radio as a new invention aimed at improving the mass communication technique can easily and readily be utilized for terrible sin!
“[usurps] a prerogative which looks like a distorted analogue, a caricature, of divine omnipresence.”
“man is attempting, without […] involving any real effort on his part, to transcend his human condition and the limitations it entails.”
The Nature of Internet is:
1. In the spirit of Do-It-Yourself2. Increasingly interactive3. Accessible to everyone, anywhere and at
anytime, as long as one is connected to the WWW
4. Controlled by everyone, anywhere and at any time, as long as one is connected to the WWW
5. Users can choose to be anonymous
Radio/TV Internet
Generated by Private station or the state
Anyone with a connection to WWW
Controlled by Private station or the state
Anyone with a connection to WWW
A Relevant Criticism
“What starts off as a collection of means put together to serve an end [might suddenly] be valued and cultivated for its own sake, and in consequence […] become the centre, the focus, of an obsessive cult.”
“make a truly ascetic effort to master [them] and put them in their proper subordinate place, [would] assemble themselves, […] organize themselves, around the man” (195).
“an effort at inner conquest, directed towards an even greater self-mastery.”
Marcel’s Suggested Solution