As we all know almost anyone can "publish" their own products,
services, and ideas on the internet for next to nothing. So why do
major corporations, the news media and entertainment industry continue
to have a strong hold on the population? My theory is because people
respond to them out of habit. I am guessing that things will shift
with the younger generation that has been brought up on the internet.

Or is it because the internet only reaches a small segment of the
population, i.e upper-middle class, college educated and beyond ? Just
trying to gather some of your thoughts and experiences on why the
internet isn't more dominant in today's society.

Faraz

In article <d5052c5d.0402101018.cd02ba8@posting.google.com> , Duke of
Hazard says...
I usually only check news on the net. Tends to give more info than TV
and I can read global stories from different perspectives.

The internet wasn't even covered when I was at school (about 4 years
ago) but now they seem to be devoting entire lessons to it. I think most
children are more confident than adults with technology in general, and
the internet has become a part of daily life while they've been growing
up. It's only natural they'll find more ways to use it in their own
lives.

Television has had more time in front of the general public to evolve
into what it is today. The internet is becoming more popular, but TV
will always have a big influence.

How easy is it to watch TV news while getting on with something else?
Reading stories online usually means sitting in front of a monitor,
which some people may never take to. I know people at work who print
their emails before reading them.

Interesting subject though.

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"Duke of Hazard" <faraz_hussain@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d5052c5d.0402101018.cd02ba8@posting.google.co m...

Firstly, its most of the population, or at least its well above 50% now,
either at work or in the home.

Secondly not quite sure what you mean... I guess it doesn't matter what you
publish / promote - the bigger corps are going to have the better priced
service, the better information sources, the better access to the better
paid solutions...

Finally, how do you find these websites? these people can pay for their
marketing solutions...

Gerry

faraz_hussain@yahoo.com (Duke of Hazard) wrote in
news:d5052c5d.0402101018.cd02ba8@posting.google.co m:

The 'net reaches a far larger portion of the population than you may
think - while the penetration is higher in the upper-middle class, the
lower class certainly has access, too.

For example:

"Canadian consumers continue to connect to the
Internet, although the growth rate is slowing. Almost
two-thirds (60%) of Canadian households were
connected to the Internet in 2001, up from 51% in
2000.19 According to IDC, 63% of Canada’s
population had access to the Internet at the end of
2002 and 77% will have access in 2006."

From "Fast Forward 4.0 -- Growing Canada's Digital Economy"
http://cebi.ca/Public/Team1/Docs/ff4.pdf

And you certainly can't say that 60% of Canadians are "upper middle
class"

While the major news media, as you say, have a strong hold on the
population, this is mostly due to the fact that a very large percentage
of the population are willing sheep - it's *easier* to accept what is
seen on the television while eating dinner, because they don't have to do
the actual mental work required to form their own questions - or - in
many cases - question what they see and hear.

Ever since the advent of the printing press, the technology has existed
for people to get their own messages out - the Internet is simply an
evolution on the same idea, but faster, cheaper and more efficient - you
still need the factor of people who are willing to question what others
(notably, the large corporations and media houses) pose as fact.



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On 10 Feb 2004 10:18:45 -0800, Duke of Hazard <faraz_hussain@yahoo.com>
wrote:

[snip]

To hell in a handbasket, that's for sure.

Grey

Charging up on a white horse Marc Bissonnette said:
: this is mostly due to the fact that a very large
: percentage of the population are willing sheep - it's *easier* to accept
what is
: seen on the television while eating dinner, because they don't have
: to do the actual mental work required to form their own questions - or -
in
: many cases - question what they see and hear.

Exactly. I deal day to day with someone like that.
And when I try to discuss something interesting (news)
I found online I get ridiculed for visting these 'radical'
websites and believing what they say.

Which I never say I believe them but it does bring up some
interesting things for my brain to work on. :-)

I question everything and that puts me at odds with
this person who just seems to believe everything he is
fed...

How can someone live like that?

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"Heidi" <blackcat2@zwallet.com> wrote in
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Ghu only knows. Geez, even in high school they teach that even bibles
(insert your religion here, they're all just as guilty) have been edited
to suit the political needs of whomever was in power at the moment.

If they'll do that to a whole religion, then putting a slant on the
evening news is certainly not only plausible, but highly probable, at
least in some events.

I mean, you can just see in some back room the white house press
secretary telling some higher-up of (insert big news org here) that
they'd better not be too harsh on criticism of the administration or
they'll find their access to the white house... restricted... That
translates into much lost dineros if a news channel is constantly being
scooped by a competitor because those in power won't even talk to them.

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"Gerry White - use my name at dergal dot come for email"
<ukinfo@cj.com> wrote in or in the home.

With Google u can find anything. In fact Google is so great that if
you don't like the answer, you can continue searching till you find
the answer you want to hear!

Faraz

Marc Bissonnette <dragnet@internalysis.com> wrote in message news:<Xns948BA9256A9B4dragnetinternalysisc@207.35. 177.135>...

I suppose you can say electronic communications ( radio, tv and phone)
were the next level of improvement over the printing press. Now it
seems like the internet is just a faster, cheaper and more efficient
improvement over the electronic media.

However unlike the tv, radio and phone which are dominated by a
handful of players, the internet seems a medley of "start-ups" with no
real dominant companies. So will yahoo and google become the CBS and
CNN of the future?

Faraz

Daniel Ruscoe <daniel.ruscoe@dualstone.co.uk> wrote in message news:<MPG.1a9335c61ca871a9989803@news.btopenworld. com>...

Again these behaviours are basically from habit. Personally i have
dinner in front of the monitor as I watch streaming sports videos,
check email, follow discussion board all the same time. With the TV on
I am stuck listening to one person's perspective.

I get the feeling that TV and mass communications are now appealing to
an audience with below average intelligence. Because anyone with
knowledge knows they can surf the internet to find most answers they
need, instead of getting biased views from one TV source.

So back to my original question, where is the reach of the internet
heading? Will it make TV, radio, books and newspapers obsolete? If so,
how long? If not, why?

Faraz