Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community

Evidence

Even if society were like an organism, there would be some controlling element, some centralized brain in the body, some region and group that would collect the power necessary to direct the nerves of communication and the arteries of transportation. There would be no trans- formation of the great society into the great community by way of disinter- ested technology but only in terms of the ways in which knowledge and culture were monopolized by particular groups. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599

Categorization

• XREF: Pierces the organic metaphor of the Chicago School that Carey elsewhere treats sympathetically — a key critical turn. — connects to: Science escaped time monopolies of knowledge but succumbed to space monopolies — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 804; Monopolies in communication media inevitably disrupt society through rapid dissemination. — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1112; Electronics’ core meaning is enlarged social scale and centralizing power, not entertainment — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 556 (+15 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599

Broader Connections

• Mechanized knowledge creates monopolies that endanger freedom of thought #corroborates (0.90) — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1123
• Mechanical communication growth did not necessarily expand freedom and knowledge #corroborates (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 650
• Monopoly over knowledge means controlling the paradigm, not just data #expands (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 743