Globalisation Flashcards
Explain the Feminist view of DC
- women use DC more than men as instagram and Pinterest are used by 70% of females
- Harraway : cyborgs allow women to transcend their identity online of what it means to be a person allowing them to create new forms of identity
- Nakumara : DC provides support networks for women who may be unable to access it previously. Provides ethnic minorities a voice and support when experiencing discrimination
Negative aspects of globalisation
❌exploration of women and children and risk of them becoming commodities.
❌Nearly 3000 reports sent to U.K. Law enforcement agencies relating to individual suspected of being involved in child sexual abuse.
❌objectification of women as they are sexualised online as well as viewing of violence against women. Ex partners may leak partners pictures online forming social control over women reinforcing patriarchy. Men are never prosecuted
Studies to support fourth wave feminism
Her Everyday Sexism Project
• involved in several countries writing about experiences of sexual harassment providing women with a voice to not feel alone. Huge mass following on twitter
•Nisha Chittal : hashtags. Help support women e.g. Protest against ban of abortion pill in Texas enabled those who couldn’t attend to have a voice still online by hashtagging #standwithwendy
Evaluation of feminist approach
✅DC enables women to utilise support as previously muted women have a voice through DC and are able to form groups
❌DC reproduced patriarchy as it provides new ways to exploit women and children. Also patriarchal ideology is perpetuated through imagery and representation of women in DC
Explain postmodernists explanations to globalisation
• DC represents new ways to create identity
Autobiographies
• Hart suggests people rewrite their autobiographies on a daily basis reflecting their own values. Identity is now created online and offline e.g. Posting a picture on Facebook enables finding like minded people
Characteristics of postmodernists
Diversity
• the internet enables wide contact with different groups e.g. #BlackLivesMatter enables protection of ethnic groups
Fluidity
• advancement of DC means that what is considered to be trendy fluctuates quickly. Snapchat is trendy now whereas a few years back MSN was trendy
Fragmentation of identity
• individuals can manage themselves online
Choice
• choose what to post and who we interact with eg Second Life
How can we evaluate postmodernism
- Marxists argue that postmodernists ideas are overly positive and neglect to explain how information is stored and detected by those in power
- not everyone has access to DC and therefore there’s a digital divide between those who have it and those who don’t
Explain Age and Globalisation in relation to digital divide
There’s a growing disparity between those who have DC and those that don’t. Those that don’t experience exclusion and feel marginalised as they lack social capital and this reinforces inequality
Explain Age and Globalisation in relation to Boyle
Each generation increases the reliance of DC use as there is now a digital generation divided between young and old.
Young people are more receptive to learning new skills of DC as they have more free time and peer groups place emphasis on importance of social networks.
Explain Age and Globalisation in relation to positives and negatives
✅support groups and learning new skills as well as increasing social capital
✅children can engage with political issues in new ways e.g. Online campaigns
❌cyber bullying and discrimination
❌ exposes children to adult content e.g. Sex, violence much easily than before.
Explain Class and Globalisation
• tablets cost over £500 and monthly interactions cost £15 and the UC may not be able to afford this therefore there’s greater disadvantage and less social capital
- education for children rely on DC so it disadvantages children who’s parents cannot afford new forms of DC
- knowledge gap created between those who have access and those who don’t
Explain Gender and Globalisation in relation to
- younger women are more likely to use DC to maintain social relationships
- younger women spend least amount of time on DC to find information
- Males contribute more to work based sites
Explain Globalisation in relation to cultural homogenisation, cultural defence and
CH : process as globalisation occurs a world culture emerges as local cultural practices seem insignificant
CD: idea that various groups recognise their cultural practices may be threatened by CH and they protect their own cultures to make sure they are distinct
DC : media convergence
Technological convergence: digitalisation has led to merging of different types of information e.g. Music, allowing it to be delivered across a range of different media platforms e.g. TV, laptops
Economic convergence: refers to the fact that media, computer once operated in separate spheres are now increasingly engaging in technological and economic alliances. Borders between these forms are now irrelevant
Cultural convergence : Members of society increasingly interacting with one another using DC on social media e.g. Facebook.
Explain virtual communities with examples
Are communities existing on the internet. For example Second Life enable users to live in alternative worlds and create 3D representations of themselves called avatars who can interact, socialise and have sex with other avatars
