How does the internet provide an enormous challenge for regulators?
Youths are being regulated and censorships have been put in place to protect youths from finding ‘incorrect’ information and restricting youths in this way can affect their opinions on reality. This form of Marxism has lead youths to share their opinions on the Web 2.0 because they can’t voice their opinions as freely and easily as others. The use of Web 2.0 is a free and accessible way to share information effectively, even influencing others to form a rebellion. The Web 2.0 includes websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube and these websites allow users to upload information instantly, easily and in mass amounts that regulators can’t keep up. An example of this would be the London 2011 Riots. The rioters, majority of which were youths, said that they were being ignored in society and not being given jobs. The youths then voiced their opinions online through Facebook and Twitter and started the physical rebellion of rioting soon after.
How does the Internet provide a post-modern vision of identity?
The Internet provides a post-modern vision of identity by allowing people to create the notion of identity in different forms. People can create profiles online on such social networking websites as Facebook and Twitter. You can upload photos, give your opinions and ‘like’ something to show your interests. All of this comes together to give an embodied experience as Merlau Ponty’s theory explain and as a result, gives us a sense of belonging. We can create our collective identities in reality and online.
How does Web 2.0 present a change for rioters since the Brixton Riots?
The Web 2.0 allows people to access instant messages and status updates to keep them in the know of current information. The youths were using the Web 2.0 as way to rebel and used Facebook and Twitter to message others about when and where to riot. Pictures and videos were also uploaded to Facebook showing the youths achievements during the riots with them posing next to their stolen goods or videos of them rioting.
How has online press affected us in today’s society and how does it present an area of control for today’s society?
The online press has become an increasingly stronger force of persuasion. Being able to access newspapers via the Internet has allowed tabloids to spread moral panic even quicker than before. When readers go online, they will be able to see these articles and are able to post comments, voicing their opinions. However, the majority of their opinions are likely to be one-sided because tabloids are constructing our view of reality through exaggeration and choice of words and pictures. According to figures from 2010, The Sun is the most popular newspaper and with over 7 million readers, they will generate large amounts of shock among the public. The Sun’s article about the London 2012 Riot in October states that there is “fear of black youths” and gave statistics on the rioters. Such numbers were possibly made up and exaggerated as the real estimations are probably lower. Creating moral panic online, allows a massive buzz on their website, attracting people to read more. They can then use hyperlinks and pictures to other articles to continue to distract people. Producing moral panic contributes to post modernism and thus results in the construction of our reality by the media.
How must we regulate ourselves as young people due to web 2.0? How is it a form of taking our identity back?
Being regulated as youths has pushed them to use the Web 2.0 to their advantages, to rebel against the regulation and censorship. Youth have now optimised Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to voice their opinions to their friends and acquire their sense of belonging online. Merlau Ponty’s theory of having an embodied experience explains that we like creating things and sharing it with people. Regulations can take the forms of blocked Internet at school to the ASA. Youth have to be careful exactly what they post and share online, as companies
NOTES:
Rebel but also proving the media’s point and opinion of regulators….stereotypes, aggressive yobs ironic
Case studies:
London rots
Brixton riots
Happy slapping
Tuition fees
Evolution of youth identity
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