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Ubiquitous Media and the Revival of Participatory Culture

by Jack Brighton


Mass media technologies historically have been controlled by elite minorities. Not surprisingly, the products, authorship, and distribution patterns of media have largely served the interests of their masters. To be sure, many efforts have been made to establish models of public service media in pursuit of the “public interest, convenience, and necessity.” (McChesney, 1993) But domination of media control by political and corporate elites, made possible by the demands of existing media technologies and economies, has largely tipped the balance in favor of private, commercial, and political interests. 

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