Globalisation Flashcards
Giddens
24 hr clock is the whole of history
not much happened in the first 23 hours
due to technology things have changed at a faster pace than excpected
Boellstorf
negative of virtual community
wanted to see the issues in the virtual communities: sex, gender, ethnicity
there were allegations of rape in the game
questions morals of virtual communities
Castells
power lies in networks
easier and more effective networks
working class and poorly educated people likely to be excluded
Cornford and Robins
power is the hands of a few
people who control the media (media moguls) are capitalists and want to control masses and make profit through news and entertainment shaping people’s views and ideas
Rupert Murdock
Chomsky
manufacturing consent
platform such as twitter appear to give people a voice to distract them from the real knowledge
Haraway
cyborgs
transcend above gender bound ideas
men and women should go with the stereotype
Nakamura
support for ethnic minority women facing discrimination
Laura Bates
everyday sexism project
allows women to stand up
start campaigns against misogyny
Arlaccki
exploitation of women
sex slaves
easier to be trafficked
easier to be bought and sold on unregulated apps such as telegram
Amnesty International
23% of women had experienced online abuse or harassment
physical and sexual abuse
felt like their safety was threatened
lowered their self esteem
easy for perpetrators to sit behind a screen and be sexist and racist etc
Bjorklund
we can constantly update our autobiography which represents out sense of self to others
Case
digital footprint
challenges for teens to erase any mistakes
may affect job opportunities
Elliot
can create a fake superficial identity
e.g Ruby Franke
Hart
values
we constantly rewrite out biographies to reflect society’s values at that time and build networks with similar minded people
Ritzer
McDonaldisation of society
Processes of McDonalds are being applied to all aspects of postmodern society
efficiency: self service = less face to face interaction
calculability: supersize options = likes and followers
Baudrillard
hyperreality
AI has become so realistic we can’t distinguish between what’s real and what’s fake
authenticity is lost
media gives a hyperreal version of reality in which everything is more exciting than it is e.g. showing off a relationship but they are actually toxic
Miller
why we post
Turkey
women have more freedom online are participate in activities away from the male gaze and their families
more opportunities that didn’t exist in the offline world
Turkle
allows people to be set free from the burdens of their physical identity and appear more ‘attractive’ in a better light
Gardener and Davis
Young people use social media to:
present a socially desirable and polished self
Van Dijk (identity)
identity is a social product
we seek approval by others on the internet
we are all becoming the same as we follow trends
Granovetter
social ties
weak and strong
weak for connection and job opportunity, brings you benefits
Bargh and Mckenna
barriers are broken down, good for shy people
Cancer research UK
young adults who use social media a lot struggle to form irl relationships
struggle to speak to new people irl
Post familial families
communicating to family online even though they are together
less physical time spent together
Miller (relationship)
facebook tales
facebook helps form relationships and break unfaithful ones up
can create scandals exposing unfaithful people
Bauman
the internet dumbs us down
we fail to learn real social skills
it’s a trap
Prensky
digital natives and immigrants
natural environment for children as they’re fully integrated in digital culture
not natural for older people
Gardner and Davis (age)
young people take care in how they present themselves online
socially desirable, polished self
adopt different identities
engage in identity performance (likes, follows)
Twenge
iGen
increasing levels of moodiness, loneliness and anxiety
less time spent with friends adds on to the depression
constant pressure of comparison
Postman
disappearance of childhood
exposure to adult content
Berry
older people not on the internet as much due to psychological barriers, lack of interest
Age 2.0 project
train more people to use DC to improve cognitive capacity
feel less isolated because of the connections they make online
Young
risk of children being exploited online
disappearing childhood
pressure to conform
Young
risk of children being exploited online
disappearing childhood
pressure to conform
Mertens and D’Haenens
digital divide of class
middle class use it for knowledge, upper class use for entertainment thus creating a knowledge gap
Scope
if more people had access to the internet, their economic position could improve because they can find out all of the benefits which they are entitled to
Green and Singleton
online communities such as mums net reinforce the patriarchal gender roles that women should perform emotional work and maintain family relations
The guardian
out of 10 abused journalists, 8 were women and 2 were ethnic minority men
Lil Kirkup
men were more confident in computer skills and more likely to express their opinions
Shmitz
rise in men activist groups
promote aggression towards women
Talibans internet strategy
a way to prevent change
banned the internet, movies, photography as it was seen as ‘un-islamic’
Sutton
california wildfires
internet used to warn people of the fires
backchannel communication
people may exaggerate information
citizen journalists
Iran
social change
twitter used to be politically insignificant but now it’s a political tool
raising awareness and to alert others
girls videoing taking their hijab off
citizen journalists
Jurgenson (social change)
DC made revolution more intense and bigger (BLM)
Joyce
proof is in the pendulum
this in power don’t allow the protesters to gain ground for long
government eventually regains control
Lee
a hashtag is NOT a movement
promotes laziness (e-petitions)
UN
87% of people are from developed countries and don’t have access to DC to start social change or augmented revolution
Evidence for cultural homogenisation
consumerism
increasing rate of secular ideas (more believe in science)
computer software: reflect western ways of thinking e.g. date format)
patriarchal ideology
increased individualism
Evidence for cultural defence
Giddens: reverse colonisation
less powerful groups can influence the more powerful groups
mexicanisation of California: food, dress, music become part of American culture
resulted of immigrants
Glocalisation: mcdonald’s menu is altered to the country e.g. India, chicken paneer sandwich
Religious fundamentalists groups: ISIS, Taliban
Indigenous people
Wheeler
Kuwait case study
CULTURAL HOMOGENISATION
surf internet for new ideas
communicate with opposite gender
stream American football
CULTURAL DEFENCE
traditional norms for women: clothing, no outside late
TV coverage interrupted for prayer
