tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-565721947590120970.post5236444266342538438..comments2023-11-05T01:56:14.372-07:00Comments on SIS640: The Group Four Blogging Corps: The Information RevolutionLiz Romighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153816689587649093noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-565721947590120970.post-69206371709719437962009-10-17T17:01:16.313-07:002009-10-17T17:01:16.313-07:00It's really a layering process. Historically, ...It's really a layering process. Historically, pre-newspapers, 'public' opinion was really just formed by your peers, who you talked to and what they knew. This function has really never gone away, but it was supplemented by newspapers and later technologies, that provided news of places and issues your peers most likely had never had access. Even then, this news was then shared and analyzed by collective peer groups, with more or less cynical or knowledgable voices pitching in.<br /><br />Then came information overload - where your peers are all bombarded and so actually talking about all the news you take in would take an insane amount of time. The gradual turn to Internet and community has allowed peer groups to be transformed, made broader and more comprehensive.<br /><br />Therefore, the government is now trying to influence your intake again - when it used to be one of few voices.Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256346735414249694noreply@blogger.com