Technology and political speech: commercialisation, authoritarianism and the supposed death of the Internet's democratic potential
<p>The Internet was initially seen as a metaphor for democracy itself. However, commercialisation, incorporation into existing hierarchies and patterns of daily life and state control and surveillance appear to have undermined these utopian dreams. The vast majority of online activity now take...
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Language: | English |
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2017
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