CONFLICT AND CHANGE Flashcards
what example did Kirkpatrick 2010 give on social media causing major social movements?>
‘The Facebook Effect’
what is the Facebook effect?
FB acts as a catalyst and helped 10m ppl in street demonstations that stopped vio and kidnapping in Colombia
give 4 reasons how new forms of digital communication mobilise social change?
Groups can speak out to wide range of people
Immediate communication with others which can prepare them
News can be told without bias
Offers people to speak out against the regime
how was social media previously in the Middle East?
media limited to the social elite
media restricted by the state
why was media restricted by the state in the Middle East previously?
rulers didn’t want western ideas to damage traditional ones
however, in 2011 what happened in the Middle East?
FB, twitter and YouTube were important role to play in revolution
why is it difficult for sociologists to study the influence of social media?
as it is private and there isn’t ways to record interactions that take place online
Through information being spread online, what were people in Egypt able to do?
internet activists were able to establish networks of resistance
the internet in Egypt allowed…
people a place to voice their anxieties and feelings
what do regimes in Egypt and Syria use their communication tools for…
protecting their own interests and counter the activists efforts to expose them
how do regimes in Egypt and Syria protect their own interests?
through state owned media and new media tools
how does digital communication lead to cultural homogenisation?
capitalist ideology spread
patriarchal ideology spread
secular ideas spread
increased individualism
who says digital communication not lead to cultural homogenisation?
Mohammadi
Giddens
Big western comapnies and traditional relligious groups
what does Mohammadi say?
western dominance is exaggerated and ignores the interactions that occur between different cultures
what does Giddens say?
‘reverse colonisation’
