Ownership and Control

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    • The digital underclass is the materially deprived, disabled, rural living or elderly people that have a reduced access to the new media due to external barriers (Helsper)
    • Boyle argues the younger generation have grown up with technology so are more likely to go online and use their phones
    • OFCOM in 2014 found younger people are more likely to get their news from their phone
    • Jones found that financial status has a bigger impact on access to the new media than anything else
    • Li and Kirkup found thst boys are online more than girls because girls are harrassed more. They also found that girls send more emails and are more likely to study
    • The Cyber Strategy (2022) was internded to prevent the spreading of hate and false news but failed to be successful as it was not strong enough
    • Cambridge Analytica Scandal was where personal data was used to target propoganda for Brexit votes
    • Governments can ban websites
    • The ownership of the new media is concentrated to the lords of the global village and is being controlled by fewer and fewer companies
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