[im] neocolonial facebook

János Sugár sj at c3.hu
Fri Feb 12 14:12:35 CET 2016


Deepika Bahri, an English professor at Emory University who focuses 
on postcolonial studies, summed up the argument for Facebook as 
neocolonial in six cogent points:
1. ride in like the savior
2. bandy about words like equality, democracy, basic rights
3. mask the long-term profit motive (see 2 above)
4. justify the logic of partial dissemination as better than nothing
5. partner with local elites and vested interests
6. accuse the critics of ingratitude
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/facebook-and-the-new-colonialism/462393/


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