The Master Switch : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Alabama Author Award for Young Adult (2020) The Story of the World

The Story of the World

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The Master Switch : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Alabama Author Award for Young Adult (2020) The Story of the WorldThe Internet Age: on the face of it, an era of unprecedented freedom in both communication and culture. Yet in the past, each major new medium, from telephone to satellite television, has crested on a wave of similar idealistic optimism, before succumbing to the inevitable undertow of industrial consolidation. Every once free and open technology has, in time, become centralized and closed; as corporate power has taken control of the 'master switch.'