Lister:New Media and New Technologies Pg 11

new media can be held accountable of pushing the ideology of progress, with the introduction of the internet the possibilities of what one can do at the touch of the a button are endless spheres of social activities have expanded with the introduction of virtual communities, and online forums boundaries that previously restricted people such as physical, geographical or financial difficulties has been eradicated. New media also seems to push the ideology of bettering yourself with the use of new facilities available online such as upgrading ones current system, pre-ordering a better version before it even comes out, which shows that the technological device that one has at the current moment can always be replaced by something better and newer thus it always pushes that ideology of progress