Internet: Medium For Communication, Medium For Narrative Control

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Internet: Medium For Communication, Medium For Narrative Control
Conclusion & Bibliography

Table Of Content

Introduction
Part 1: The Artifacts And Spaces
In this part we'll describe the important artifacts and places. Going over these essential, but basic, pieces is mandatory to understand how they come into play as tools.
Part 2: The Actors and Incentives
In this part we'll go over how the previous elements are put into work by the different actors, who these actors are, what are their incentives, and the new dynamics.
Part 3: Biases & Self
In this part we'll try to understand why we are prone to manipulation, why they work so effectively or not on us, and who is subject to them.
- Cognitive Biases
- Cultural Ambiguities & Insecurities
Part 4: The Big Picture
In this part we'll put forward the reasons why we should care about what is happening in the online sphere. Why it's important to pay attention to it and the effects it could have at the scale of societies, and individuals. This part will attempt to give the bigger picture of the situation.
Part 5: Adapting
In this concluding part we'll go over the multiple solutions that have been proposed or tried to counter the negative aspects of the internet.
Conclusion & Bibliography

Our mini internet study has come to an end.
In this series we’ve seen the new artifacts and spaces introduced by the internet, the actors using them, from the new economies, to netizens in between, to state actors. We also reflected and tried to understand why we can be susceptible to biases and why we have so much difficulties with online interactions. Next we’ve looked at the big picture by diving into subjects such as paralysis, neoliberalism, the truth and trust crises, and a future glance at mass hypnosis and psychosis. Finally, in the last part of the series, we’ve seen four type of solutions: market and economy or laissez-faire, legal path with governments being involved for transparency and accountability, technical software solutions, and web literacy as education and maturity to learn to live in the information society — a post-modern or meta-modern society.

I hope you’ve learned as much as I did during this series. We’ve broadly covered quite a lot of topics, from sociology, psychology, computer science, art, memetics, history, warfare studies, politics, and more.

Let me know if it has been as helpful as it has been for me.

This series can also be found in PDF booklet format.

Bibliography

Table Of Content

Introduction
Part 1: The Artifacts And Spaces
In this part we'll describe the important artifacts and places. Going over these essential, but basic, pieces is mandatory to understand how they come into play as tools.
Part 2: The Actors and Incentives
In this part we'll go over how the previous elements are put into work by the different actors, who these actors are, what are their incentives, and the new dynamics.
Part 3: Biases & Self
In this part we'll try to understand why we are prone to manipulation, why they work so effectively or not on us, and who is subject to them.
- Cognitive Biases
- Cultural Ambiguities & Insecurities
Part 4: The Big Picture
In this part we'll put forward the reasons why we should care about what is happening in the online sphere. Why it's important to pay attention to it and the effects it could have at the scale of societies, and individuals. This part will attempt to give the bigger picture of the situation.
Part 5: Adapting
In this concluding part we'll go over the multiple solutions that have been proposed or tried to counter the negative aspects of the internet.
Conclusion & Bibliography

Attributions: Philotheus, Symbola Christiana, Frankfurt, 1677

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