Pat's View: The democratization of media
By Patrick Robinson
The arrival of the smartphone, followed shortly by blog comment sections, forums, and social media transformed the nature of public discourse and thus impacted politics and even it can be argued the way public policy is shaped. It democratized information flow by lowering the barrier for publishing to zero. Revolutionary.
Previously you needed an architecture of amplification to get a message out such as a printing press, television or radio station or enough money to buy attention.
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