... in its growth and reducing human life to finding meaning in machines (Ellul,13). Thus Postman, elaborating on Ellul, saw technology (primarily, but not exclusively, in the shape of computer) striving for world domination and that technology has been for a long time the god of humans. Others whom Postman draws upon are Harold Innis' concept of "knowledge monopolies" ... prose of Thoreau, fiction of Aldous Huxley, and speeches of Lincoln. Postman, in short, crosses field to make his point drawing on literature, folklore, myths, theology, anthropology, sociology, computer science (e.g. Dav...

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... power concentrated mass media the new electronic structures e.g. Internet, Telephone text messaging, offer a high degree of freedom of speech and expression. (Although this is not always the case: computer hacking, ISP parental controls and police intervention (e.g. in suspected paedophile cases) can threaten' these channels of free communication.) Rheingold says that where CMC ... (Computer Mediated Communication) is accessible to people, virtual communities emerge therefore reflecting a demand for community (Rheingold, 1995, p6). Rheingold says that global communication makes for a be...

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