Comparing Skeptics And Celebrants Of The Internet

I agree that under the current form of capitalism, the “really existing capitalism,” the Internet cannot play the role its “celebrants” see for it. Just like Robert W. McChesney, I do believe that both skeptics and celebrants of the Internet are not completely correct with their predictions or beliefs. Both sides exclude a political economic analysis which takes away from both arguments. I personally think that skeptics are not looking at the long term effects and uncertainty of social changes from the Internet, and celebrants are too optimistic and do not take into account the large capitalistic effects from the Internet. I would say though, McChesney dismisses the celebrants’ view too quickly and a bit too strongly. The Internet is on the

The Internet is negatively impacting professional journalism and according to McChesney, is decreasing the quality. Newspapers are being hit the hardest, but all commercial news media are in some sort of stage of decay and the Internet is not only to blame, but capitalism itself; Newspapers though, are the most important because this is where most of the original reporting is done and no other media has manifested to take its place. Journalism is very important to democracy because it informs the people of what is going on in the government and helps them decide who they should vote for. Journalism is not only about the government, but informs the people on businesses, schools, and powerful institutions, all information needed to be free and self-governing; It makes it difficult to participate effectively in the electoral politics when the people do not know the candidates or the big issues. The decrease in investigating reporting also decreases the amount of political debates and decreases the amount controversial issues being brought up. I thought McChesney’s proposal of having a public investment in journalism was not at all an extreme idea and could help remedy future problems treating it as a public good along with the