But the information got into the wrong hands. The activities of these Christians were discovered and they were put into jail. This situation is not uncommon. Information is becoming the centerpiece of both our culture and economy. We are living in an era of mass-mediated reality.
Life is only truly lived when it is lived in front of the public eye.
Newspaper headlines, radio news bulletins, and satellite feeds all scream for our attention. We have more information than we can process. The Internet is at the center of this new economy, giving us news on demand mere seconds after an event occurs anywhere in the world. Champions of the Web proclaim its democratization of information. The big media conglomerates may still think they are the gatekeepers of information, but the gate has been blown wide open.