WWW: Good application of theory; genuine sense of critical autonomy
EBI: More needed on institutions/Pareto's law - the power of conglomerates like Google. Develop use of media terminology e.g "The Digital Divide"
However, despite society being in a technological revolution, there is still some obstacles that stand in the way of new/digital media such as the poverty gap also known as the "Digital Divide". Although the internet is essentially found everywhere, the usage and access of digital devices to access new and digital media is lost to people in poverty. This also fits in with Pareto's law which states that for many events roughly 80% effects come from the 20% of the cause. In the case of new and digital media, almost 20% of the well developed part of society in the economy will be the 80% of the users for new and digital media. This shows that this newer technology is available to only a certain demographic of people in society and makes the information a lot more valuable, but in turn results in the idea that not everyone in society is as empowered as it seems if only the rich can get access to the information.
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