tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post2059856192950798943..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: We The MediaSteve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-77330180604472337522010-05-20T18:57:24.078-04:002010-05-20T18:57:24.078-04:00The audience isn't in control of anything. The...The audience isn't in control of anything. The audience gets allowed to do things. Instead of making a home video that you show to your friends, you can put it on the Internet because YouTube, which is owned by a big media corporation, allows you to do so. Instead of gabbing about a t.v. show to your friends, you can do it in a blog, on a website owned by a media/electronics company that allows you to do so or takes your money to do so, and which can shut down your blog anytime it wants. To play on the Internet, you buy expensive toys from media/electronic companies, many of whom also own the pro media. The Internet offers more media and more contact with others, but it's not new media. It just makes the local global, which is a powerful thing, but not one which the audience has any control over.Mrs. Spewnoreply@blogger.com