THEORIES AND ISSUES OF THE INTERNET
The internet is a place where there is plenty of information that is spread. You may think that when you google search an item it gives you all the results that match best; however, this is not always correct. Google and other search engines and website often filter out certain sites or links from their searches so that information on certain events is not easily accessible.
The Theories
Two websites, ANTIWAR.COM and American Conservative are both written by strong antiwar voices, but they are never heard of in the mainstream news. Most likely you may have never even heard of either of these websites. This is because the media is filtering or gatekeeping the information from the general public. This means that they are limiting our access to sites like these through general searches.
The Issue
Gatekeeping is a problem because it can lead a certain audience to believe something that is not correct, but it is the way the media wants the event to be portrayed. This theory also ties in with agenda setting. This means the media is able to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda.
These are such reasons that cause people to have to research obscure websites in order to hear these anti-war voices. The media and internet do not want to allow for all content to be provided because then it would not be able to choose select pieces of news to be most talked about. A solution to this could be net neutrality, this means that there is something stating that all internet communications must be treated equally without discriminating or changing preference based on each user, content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address or method communication. This basically means nothing is geared towards you as a user and it would be easier to find information relevant to what you are searching.
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