Just like how Lessig argues the internet’s cyberspace is regulated by its code. This same argument can be also be said about a certain pre-1980’s system of communication, the radio. The internet and the radio share many similarities to each other. One is that they were both created to benefit the military, both were used by nearly most of the American population, and lastly, both gave the U.S. government a new way to create a new set of “code” to control and regulate American society. During the pre-1980’s, Americans use the radio for many things, from listening to their favorite radio stations such as news, music, and especially to listen to product commercials. As the United States was a place known for its massive consumer culture the
