Radio 4 kicked off an interesting weekly programme last night called Power and the Web, presented by The Spectator's editor, Matthew d'Ancona.
He asked whether the web has the potential to reshape society, just as the printing press did more than five centuries ago.
The message from last night's show was that the web is no longer a tool but is an agent of transformation. Unlike the printing press, the web is moving very fast. Three years ago, You Tube did not exist and two years ago Facebook did not exist. D'Ancona argued that the fact that the web is free and unregulated means that it is a potent democratic force. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/schedule/2007/11/28/day/
