History of Social Control as a Function of Media

Current Revision

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'''SOCIAL CONTROL AS A FUNCTION OF MEDIA''',,

via [http://www.rushkoff.com/ Douglas Rushkoff],,

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|| X^m^ || Media Capability of the Masses ||

|| X^m+1^ || Media Capability of their Controllers ||

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<td>Pharaoh X</td>

<td>Priest X2</td>

<td>King X3</td>

<td>Government X4</td>

<td>Corporation X5</td>

<td>??? X6</td>

<td>??? X7</td>

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<td>Controller Capability </td>

<td>Hear (God) </td>

<td>Read</td>

<td>Write</td>

<td>Program</td>

<td>Systematize</td>

<td>???</td>

<td>???</td>

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<td>HIEROGLYPH</td>

<td>ALPHABET</td>

<td>PRINT/BCAST</td>

<td>COMPUTER</td>

<td>NETWORK</td>

<td>???</td>

<td>???</td>

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<td>Mass Capability </td>

<td>Believe</td>

<td>Hear</td>

<td>Read</td>

<td>Write</td>

<td>Program</td>

<td>Systematize</td>

<td>???</td>

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In each new era, massess acquire capability of previous one. Text leads to a society of "hearers" read to by priests, computer leads to a society of "bloggers" using interfaces programmed for them. If algorithm hold, massess will acquire programming skill only after corporations develop capability to assimilate their programs.</td>

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