Neophilliacs

• Neophiliac Perspective


  Optimistic about the spread and influence about new media technologies
• Neophiliacs


  • Essentially postmodernists
  • See opportunities for participation and interaction as positive and part of the democratic process
• Itzoe (1995) argues the internet is a loose and anarchic confederation of millions of users and is regularly used to allow freedom of speech
• Boyle : increased consumer choice -

  • Convergence, compression + interactivity increased consumer choice
  • Eg - limitless apps for phones
  • Hundreds of TV channels 24hrs a day
  • Listening to music from CD's + ITunes - TV, PC, MP3 / Phone
• Jenkins - revitalising democracy :

  • Collective intelligence
  • Citizen participation in media
  • YouTube + Twitter
• Seaton - political involvement :

  • Internet advances progressive politics
  • Desk into printing press
  • Use Internet to challenge powerful elites