Politics and Network Effects
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The Positive Value of Network Effects
Source: Benkler, Wealth of Networks
pp. 7-8: "The basic claim is that the diversity of ways of organizing information production and use opens up a range of possibilities for pursuing the core political values of liberal societies -- individual freedom, a more genuinely participatory political system, a critical culture, and social justice." Distinct but overlapping points:
- "Individual Freedom" - Ability to self-broadcast
- "Genuine Participation" -
- Timeliness: immediate response of bloggers, YouTubers to media comments.
- Counterpoint: who really does this? Are we just taking the word of a different set of quasi-authorities?
- Timeliness: immediate response of bloggers, YouTubers to media comments.
- "Critical Culture" - access to media, individual's ability to respond.
- Individual fact-checking (e.g., Hillary's background)
- "Social Justice" -