Week six

'Techolotics'!

This week in Communication Technologies one of the required readings was a blog post by Brian Whitman also known as the co-founder and CTO of The Echo Nest. The blog post discusses the various types of music that people listen to and if/how it relates to their favoured political party. I found it quite interesting to read Whitmans blog as I am a strong believer that a persons music taste says a lot about their character. With that being said however, I do believe that in many cases, a persons taste in music varies significantly and changes over time, which generally makes it hard to pinpoint their political preferences based on this theory.

During this week we touched upon ‘Democracy and the Future’ to which I would like to focus predominantly on the idea of ‘free speech and censorship’. In my opinion we are lucky to be privileged with the right to freedom of speech, however I believe that many people take this for granted. In regards to ‘intellectual property theft’, an ever-growing threat due to the development in digital technologies and internet file sharing networks, I believe that with the amount of unnecessary information uploaded onto the net daily, there is no wonder why stealing is a huge issue on the internet.

In relation to what has already been said, I strongly agree that regulations regarding what can be posted on the internet is a necessity in order to control and reduce risks involved.

- Milli Marryat.

- Whitman, B. (2012) "How well does music predict your politics?"