tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075128716184046963.post586113807065141622..comments2023-11-05T02:43:33.892-05:00Comments on SIS 640 Communiacs: The Noömanagement CrisisYelenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12796355222994134519noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075128716184046963.post-45065019500364639742009-10-24T19:36:17.957-04:002009-10-24T19:36:17.957-04:00Hmm indeed the modern networks do provide informat...Hmm indeed the modern networks do provide information, support funds and recruits. However, they provide something more-they provide legitimacy. If as you mentioned people are fed daily with reports for this and that, slowly the news become reality and as most people will argue, listeners/viewers LOVE "true"stories and "unedited" reports. Through the networks, being virtual or palpable, the engaged sides gain legitimacy through popularizing their efforts. While the taleban fighters are presented like terrorist on the official media mediums, in reality they are lifesavers in certain regions where they provide food and shelter for the people. Questionable as their intents are still thanks to certain media they are shown as a group that actually cares for people and through that network, they gain legitimacy, at least in the eyes of those who are neglected by everybody else. As for the official state censoring-it is inevitable and I think you will agree, just because it is the right thing to do. You have to put aside the usual democratic argument of free speech and the rest, just because in order to sustain a state and make it flourish you have to have control over the population. There is no such thing as unbiased/free media. Oh and one more thing-have you ever considered the possibility of the non-state actors actually pursuing a policy that has been "suggested" to them?Marinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179266671230326473noreply@blogger.com