To broaden your understanding of this chapter, consider the following assignments related to the Internet.

1. Conduct a search for "hegemony" on the Web. Do the sites help you to augment the definition provided in the text? How many sites mentioning hegemony relate to Cultural Studies? What new developments in the theory have been reported on the Internet? How vital does the theory seem in light of its presence on the Internet?

2. Go to www.geneseo.edu/~bicket/panop/author_H.htm and locate Stuart Hall. Compare what is online about him and his thinking to what is presented in the chapter. Apply the thinking of Cultural Studies to the Internet. Does the Internet make it more difficult or easier for the elite to dominate?