Some Course Themes and Questions

• virtual replaces physical
• disappearance of physical public spaces
• individual experience replacing group experience
• global replacing local
• mass vs. narrow appeal
• information overload
• increase or decrease in privacy?
• information production vs. consumption
• does increasing number of distribution channels lead to increased diversity and choice?
• commodification of information
• skimming
• subsidizing vs. making everything pay its own way
• business and services: consolidation and centralization vs. entrapreneurship and decentralization
• increasing role of experts and specialists
• process of recuperation