Media, Information and Technoculture 2100F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sousveillance, Netflix, Basic Income
30 Jul 2018
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Inequality is not as extreme in canada vs. the usa (but it still exists and continues to intensify) Cultural industries are also very unequal (divisions between ) Median income in canada is about ,000 remarkable low. Strong workers" movements: minimum wage, overtime, and job security legislation. Unions: need to be remade for the digital era. Bigger shares of revenues from streamed music and other digital sources to artists. Universal basic income that every citizen should actively get some form of reliable/reasonable level income so that periods of waged work are not catastrophic. Market culture offers freedom to watch, listen to, play, read, etc. what we want: ex. Netflix choose from a vast library: and yet, behind this freedom lies . Massive attempts by corporate media to direct, monitor and control behaviour in the directions that will be most profitable. 2 features of culture in our society: 1.
