Marxism

• Who authored the 1999 work discussing a pessimistic view on globalization?

  Cornford & Robins
• What do Cornford & Robins argue about DFOC?

  It is controlled by the ruling class
• What is the primary aim of capitalists according to Cornford & Robins?

  To make profits and control the masses
• How does DFOC create a platform for controlling beliefs?

  By promoting consumer culture subtly
• What do people accept according to Cornford & Robins?

  Capitalism and inequalities
• What does Garside argue about digital media's role?

  It keeps the masses docile
• What do people find digital media to be?

  Entertaining
• How much time does the average adult spend online daily?

  More than sleeping
• What is media convergence?

  Media sold in different formats
• What opportunity does media convergence create?

  Opportunity for profit
• What does exposure to multiple media forms without choice lead to?

  New opium of the masses
• How are people described in relation to media consumption?

  Drugged and pacified
• What false need does media create?

  Feeling unable to live without devices
• What do Marxists believe about media control?

  It controls the people
• What is the concern regarding private ownership of DFOC?

  It raises moral concerns
• What is mediated by private companies?

  Digital communication
• What is lacking in laws governing private companies?

  Regulations on moral responsibilities
• What is the economic incentive for private companies regarding vulnerable people?

  Little incentive to protect them
• What do private companies do with big data?

  Survey it without users' knowledge
• What do Marxists argue about big data and individual freedom?

  It threatens individual liberty
• Who worked for the National Security Agency?

  Snowden
• What did the Snowden Report reveal?

  Governments accessed private communications
• What was the purpose of accessing personal communications according to the Snowden Report?

  For national security
• Who did the US and British governments spy on?

  Foreign leaders and citizens
• What is Jurgensen's view on DFOC and globalization?

  • Positive view of DFOC and globalization
  • Believes it empowers the global poor
  • Argues for greater democracy
  • Sees an augmented revolution
  • Digital world enhances offline world
  • Flow of information is decentralized
  • Leads to improved collective action
  • Digital communication fosters social protests
• What do feminists argue about Marxism's focus?

  It overemphasizes class issues
• What do feminists believe about globalization and DFOC?

  They offer new ways to control women
• What are some issues feminists highlight in digital spaces?

  Cyberstalking and harassment
• What is the incel community associated with?

  Misogynistic propaganda
• How do Marxists view patriarchal control?

  They ignore it in favor of capitalism
• What do postmodernists believe about social class in globalization?

  It has lower significance
• What is now more important than social structure according to postmodernism?

  The individual
• How does consumer culture apply to social class?

  It applies to everyone regardless of class
• What do people share regardless of class?

  Experiences of DFOC
• What is cultural hybridity?

  Mixing of cultures between classes