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A: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD Flashcards

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‘New media’/ The digital revolution categories (2)

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Development of existing forms of media eg online news

New forms of media eg mobile phones

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The global village

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McLuhan- allows time and distance to shrink

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Virtual communities

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Allows people to come together, transforming their identities

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Carter

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Study on online community Cybercity and found that people put just as much effort in in their online relationships as they do in their real life ones

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Boellstorff

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Study on virtual world Second Life- moral questions raised after a woman reported being raped on this game

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Social networks in employment

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Relied on for creating and maintaining work based relationships
People without access can be at a major disadvantage

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Aspects of big data (5)

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Complexity
Velocity
Variety
Volume
Variability
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Media convergence

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Refers to the way that different kinds of information can be combined and delivered in one format

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Boyle

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Digitalisation allows media convergence

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Marxist perspective on digital communications

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Believe that it allows the ruling class to exploit the lower classes
Media has the biggest platform to shape people's ideas
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Cornford and Robbins

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‘The Continuation of power being concentrated in the hands of the few’
Argues that it is run by capitalists to make a profits and used to control the masses

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‘The continuation of power being concentrated in the hands of a few’

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Cornford and Robins

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Who said that digital communication is simply a way of capitalism controlling the people more subtly?

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Cornford and Robins

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Collins

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To understand society, we must understand chains of interaction between people
Micro sociological approach helps us learn how others see the world

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Bjorklund

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Digital communication in a postmodern world allows people to manipulate and update their autobiography continually

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Hart (1)

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People are writing and rewriting their autobiographies on a daily basis to reflect the values of society

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Case

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New social media makes it hard to remove mistakes- a challenge to adolescents

18
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Hart (2)

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Facebook posts are insignificant and superficial, but we can use posts to understand people’s feelings and actions

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Postmod sociologists for developments in the digital world

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Bjorklund, Hart, Case, Collins

20
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Foucalt

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Someone who is watched is less likely to commit a crime

21
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Study on Cybercity

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Carter

22
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Study on Second Life

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Boellstorff

23
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Digitalisation allows for media convergence

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Boyle

24
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Digital communication is a way of capitalism controlling the people more subtly

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Cornford and Robins

25
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Chains of interaction

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Collins

26
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Digitalisation allows people to manipulate and update their autobiography continually

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Bjorklund

27
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People are writing and rewriting their autobiographies on a daily basis to reflect the values of society

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Hart

28
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Social media makes it hard to remove mistakes

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Case

29
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Facebook posts are insignificant and superficial

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Hart

30
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Someone who is watched is less likely to commit a crime

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Foucalt

31
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What does Castells say about global networks?

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Has allowed for more digital power of the socio-economically elite

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Global networks have allowed for more digital power of the socio-economically elite

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Castells

33
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Who came up with the five aspects of big data?

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Poutney

34
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The digital revolution has meant apps have adapted to changes

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Poutney

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What does Poutney say about the digital revolution?

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Has allowed apps to develop changes

36
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What does Carter say about virtual communities ?

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People put in just as much effort into their virtual lives as their real lives

37
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What does Boellstorff say about virtual communities ?

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Raises questions about the ethics

38
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What does Poutney say about the global village?

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Has allowed people to maintain relationships

39
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Who argues that the global village has allowed people to maintain relationships?

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Poutney

40
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Who argues that ‘cybercities’ create a confined space (global village)?

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Carter

41
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Carter on global village

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Cybercities create a confined space

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