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Re: <nettime> Working on article about the need for a progressive press in US |
Ronda: Perhaps you might consider an alternative view . . . the Internet makes even propaganda-about-propaganda obsolete. Opinions can no longer be manipulated; people simply believe whatever the believe in and they are likely to act on these beliefs. Unlike radio which actually *was* propaganda (as psychological ground) or television which worried about the "dangers" of propaganda (as psychological figure), the Internet makes all of this seem . . . silly. Go ahead, launch a thousand (more) progressive media outlets and you will simply be adding to what the Internet has already accomplished -- reinforcing what those who run these sites already believe in and then acting on those beliefs. The problem you're going to run into is that many progressives still live in a "radio" era and still believe that propaganda is possible. Living in the past and thinking in this fashion is classically "reactionary." Happy New Year! Mark Stahlman New York City # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net