Um, since no-one else brought him up: this guy E. Morozow sees what he calls the "Internet Freedom Agenda" as a kind of failed tool of the US government so in that sense the Western mass media would just be acting as the cheerleader. cheers Mathieu ps. See for example: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/02/freedomgov?page=full And earlier: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/think_again_the_internet?pa... ----- Original Message ----- From: joana ro <joanaro@googlemail.com> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:44 pm Subject: Re: [Air-L] ISOC Statement on Egypt’s Internet shutdown To: "Edward M. Corrado" <ecorrado@ecorrado.us> Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
I wonder why Western media have overemphaiszed SM's role. What good does that do them?
Does it simply make the story more accessible for its viewers, give us something in common? Obviously, it also fits nicely into a story of emancipation through media/technology - which would be favorable for other media.
Or is this a subtle way of suggesting that the West and its emancipatorytechnologies are somehow responsible for what is happening? Best, Johanna