In The chapter Political Influence on Media, the authors talk about the methods the government-regulated political and social media. They discuss how some governments have gone completely extreme and ban or taken control over companies or opposition. Additionally, they state on page 87 that “Most nations engage in media regulation that is nonauthoritarian in nature, combining government influence with the free market”. The first example that came to my mind about an artifact was regarding the relationship the government and Google have (government and free market). During the summer, when I was in China I tried to search for Lady Gaga on Google and I found no results; this struck me so much that I felt the urge to immediately take a picture of it. As you can see from the picture below, the search for Lady Gaga in China is completely censored. In addition, it is also said that some world cup soccer scores have been manipulated in North Korea. This make me reflect upon the wide variety of things that might be censored out there, and yet we have little to no awareness of it. The government in a way can change the view of its people and shape it to their convenience and interests.
Jose, it's David, i completely agree with you. You know what i else i think, that since being in America, people are so easily manipulated that i think a lot of the events for sports and etc. have been introduced and marketed in order to get people to think less of politics and more about entertainment and more easy going information. I was just at the celtics games vs. Miami heats (GO celtics, we one) and i realized that people follow very easily what goes on the screen and are blasted with commercial advertisments, which just proves how much government tries to get our minds away from serious issues. Moreover, i like how you took a photo of the youtube in China, i was in Japan and my internet was 50 megabites per second and i also took a photo beacuse that is just ridiculous! haha
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