Comments on: The Culture of the Internet http://courseblogs.gardnercampbell.net/shelby/archives/3 just talking about stuff... Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:57:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: shelby http://courseblogs.gardnercampbell.net/shelby/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-3 shelby Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:32:25 +0000 http://courseblogs.gardnercampbell.net/shelby/?p=3#comment-3 While I can't agree that the Internet is as heavily monitored and value-fixed as you, I did find this interesting article that outlines some new instances of Internet censorship. http://www.newmedia.org/pages/The-Effect-of-New-Media-Censorship-on-the-World-%28White-Paper%29.html While I can’t agree that the Internet is as heavily monitored and value-fixed as you, I did find this interesting article that outlines some new instances of Internet censorship.

http://www.newmedia.org/pages/The-Effect-of-New-Media-Censorship-on-the-World-%28White-Paper%29.html

]]> By: arturo http://courseblogs.gardnercampbell.net/shelby/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-2 arturo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:23:18 +0000 http://courseblogs.gardnercampbell.net/shelby/?p=3#comment-2 While I do agree that the internet does create a certain common culture...I don't think it is as free and open to everyone as you suggest...it is HEAVILY monitored in many ways...whether it be a concerned parent establishing parental controls on a computer, Baylor ITS filtering our searches and monitoring our viewing habits, or the government limiting what can and cannot be allowed to be viewed or posted by the general government...furthermore, this answers your question, "Is it a fixed community with a fixed set of values?"...and the answer is unequivocally yes...the set of values is established by our government While I do agree that the internet does create a certain common culture…I don’t think it is as free and open to everyone as you suggest…it is HEAVILY monitored in many ways…whether it be a concerned parent establishing parental controls on a computer, Baylor ITS filtering our searches and monitoring our viewing habits, or the government limiting what can and cannot be allowed to be viewed or posted by the general government…furthermore, this answers your question, “Is it a fixed community with a fixed set of values?”…and the answer is unequivocally yes…the set of values is established by our government

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