<videovortex> A slightly less 'super' peer

[Dr. Strangelove]

Greetings,

With the integration of the Internet into the television system (or vice 
versa) the commercial industry no longer becomes the sole source for 
video content. The experience of television viewing becomes agnostic 
towards the content's production-system-of-origin. Thus audiences gain 
increased access to content that derives from the margins of 
capitalism's ideological system.

The theory here is simple -- it will be increasingly difficult to 
control and influence what audiences watch. Audiences will engage 
content that derives from the system's margins with greater frequency. 
The ugly middle will still remain dominant, but more leakage will occur 
with the ideological system.

If this holds true what does it portend for capitalism and its societies?

My thinking here is that the 21st television system will not simply be 
more of the same but online.

If the super-peer of capitalism faces more video competition from the 
margins, what can we expect?

I would summarize the answer in two words: intensification of conflict.

Your thoughts?

-- Michael


Dr. Strangelove
University of Ottawa
www.strangelove.com