Great Levelling

• James Murdoch "expansion of state-sponsored journalism is the threat to the plurality and independence of news provision" 
• it is essential for the future of independent journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it.
• News corp ----> profit motivated 
• Democratisation !
• Rupert Murdoch "The world is changing and the new papers have to adapt"
• Impact of the internet for society 
• The virtual revolution 
• Bill Gates "How mankind communicates"
• Al Gore "Empowering tool"
• Challenges Vs Authority 
• A 1/4 of the plannet uses the web 
• 40% of males use porn sites 
• West London uses the most blogs 
• 65,000,000 PEOPLE USES WIKIPEDIA 
• Al Gore "an exciting and revolutionary prospect" 
• U.S military were the people to have the internet
• Tim Berners Created Hypertext 
• Allows you to publish in any format 
• "created a set of tools"
• huge social and cultural environment