In On Government (1689), John Locke argued that there were social benefits to a government that allowed hard-working individuals to privatize natural resources and accumulate property. This question will ask you to consider the relevance of this theory to understanding media industries and infrastructures that have developed over the last century.
Useful resources summary:
Lindgren (2017) argues that media are “environments for social interaction”
Lindgren book on digital divides and “Internet Competence” (146-49)
James Surowiecki (The undersea network. Durham: Duke University Press, 1-25)
Safiya Noble (conclusion. algorithms of oppression, 171-182), (algorithms of oppression, “a society searching”, 34-63);