conflict and change

Question 1

conlfict

Answer 1

political war
- ukraine vs russia

Question 2

change

Answer 2

social change
- access to knowledge and ability to communicate

Question 3

castells 2014

Answer 3

people have moved on from expressing political and social concerns through hierarchical organisations
- availability of DFOC means people organise themselves into non hierachical networks

Question 4

the civil society approach

Answer 4

alternative source of political power
- the anti globalisation movement uses the internet to successfully organise large worldwide protests against WTO and IMF
- twitter has the potential power to shape social, political and economic lives

Question 5

arab spring 2010-13

Answer 5

succeeded in removing totalitarian dictators in tunisia and egypt because of global social networks
- global networks helped arab people in egypt and tunisia overcome fears
civil society: community of ordinary citizens who are linked by common interests and collective actions

Question 6

martell

Answer 6

digital corporations continue to exercise much greater power than digitalised civil society
- power is concentrated in fewer powerful hands

Question 7

digital communication in fundamentalist religious groups - howard 2011

Answer 7

fundamentalism - something that is deeply conservative and has no change in attitudes
#notinmyname - used by muslims to seperate themselves from the negative connotations

Question 8

uses of digital technology

Answer 8

1. recruitment for organisations
2. unite those with common beliefs
3. organise/ coordinate action
4. access knowledge

Question 9

the talibans internet strategy

Answer 9

it now possesses serveral internet domains, members use email on a daily basis to communicate with journalists
- depsite launching attacks on officals and killing civillans, has yet to have a decisive military success
- compensate for its military issues with effective propaganda