Information is the Power to Control
Information is a part of all systems of power. Top bureaucrats try to control information as part of their control over subordinates and clients. Corporations try to control information through trade secrets and patents. Militaries try to control information using the rationale of “national security.” So-called freedom of information— namely, public access to documents produced in bureaucracies—is a threat to top bureaucrats.
In a society where not everyone can read and write, literacy is a form of power and campaigns for mass literacy are a threat to ruling elites. In a society where employees cannot speak freely due to fears about job security, bosses hold power and campaigns for workers’ control are a threat to top managers. In a society where a few owners and editors control systems of mass communication, campaigns for multiple independent avenues for publication are a threat to elites.
Notes:
Where people can read, publish to media, and speak out against their employers, they have power.
Folksonomies: politics information power
Taxonomies:
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/home and garden/pest control (0.417030)
/hobbies and interests/inventors and patents (0.390045)
Keywords:
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Concepts:
Employment (0.926119): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Publishing (0.837592): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Media studies (0.807194): dbpedia | freebase | yago
Writing (0.772065): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Communication studies (0.764281): dbpedia | freebase | yago
Reading (0.711491): dbpedia
Media (0.656794): dbpedia | freebase
Literacy (0.648015): dbpedia | freebase
Information liberationSchemas
Net Neutrality
A collection of memes for consideration in Net Neutrality.
