Response to Enzensberger's Constituents of a Theory of the Media

In his 1970 essay, Hans Enzensberger outlines his seven principles for an emancipatory use of media. When one analyzes these principles, compared to the seven repressive principles, it is clear that the internet today should be seen primarily as an emancipatory use of media. 

It is decentralized, each receiver is a potential transmitter, it has the potential to mobilize the masses, it calls for the feedback of those involved, it has the potential to be used for political learning, it has elements that call for collective production, and there are many communities on the internet that have their own forms of social self-organization.

Compare this with the repressive tenets, and it is clear that the internet in general is a great emancipatory media.