in Esperanto
Chapter 7: SKETCH OF COMMUNIST SOCIETY -- CULTURE
3. The mass media empire will be dismantled.
3.1. Diversification of media
As a device of speech in capitalist society, the dominance of the mass media today cannot be ignored. This remains essentially the same in the Internet age – albeit with some changes in the forms and influences of media domination.
The mass media themselves are commercial capital that sells information as commodities. At the same time, they are also the bearers of the cultural system of commodity value, as they are commissioned to advertise general commodities, and they are also the commercial sponsors of literature and the arts. As such, it also holds a part of market censorship. Indeed, the mass media is the empire of culture.
In a communist society, this imperial rule of the mass media will come to an end. This is not because the mass media will be under authoritative control, but because they will be diversified in terms of both their operation and content.
From the perspective of eliminating excessive concentration, the mass media in communist society would be dismantled and operated non-commercially through new organizational forms such as media cooperative. As a result, newspapers, which are currently being overwhelmed by television and the Internet, will be able to publish freely without being constrained by the number of sales.
Also, in the world of television, as a result of the abolition of the commercial line that puts the highest rating on viewership under the pressure of sponsor capital, there is an increased possibility that hard-line programs that delve into social issues can be freely produced without being bound by ratings. On the contrary, it is predicted that the diversification of programs will progress.
By the way, the decline of radio, which was once an important medium as the origin of broadcasting media, is remarkable, but as a result of liberating all media from commercialism in communist society, the classic medium of radio might be unexpectedly rediscovered and revived.
3.2. Making anyone a reporter
By dismantling the imperial rule of the mass media, the whole way of communication in society will be transformed. In other words, uniform mass communication will lose its weight, and a more diverse and direct world of communication will open up. This is different from the information backward world that relies on old-fashioned lore and word of mouth, and it is the advent of a world where anyone can become a journalist as a response to the situation where anyone can become a writer or artist.
In the world of the Internet, ordinary citizens are already carrying out a kind of journalistic activity, including the distribution of photos and videos, sometimes faster than the mass media. In a communist society, such activities of "citizen reporters" will become even more active, and such activities will be grouped together to form new media.
In that regard, thorough training in writing logical sentences in the basic education curriculum is expected to improve the writing skills of the general public and serve as a guarantee of the quality of citizen journalistic activities.
In this way, "freedom of the press" ceases to be a privilege of the mass media, and is handed over to the people as something that belongs to everyone. It can be said that this is also a manifestation of “communist freedom,” which is the exact opposite of media control.
