globalisation in the digital social world (mocks) Flashcards
define and explain the digital revolution
the digital revolution is the technological change in the way information is stored and transmitted
- all information can now be converted to be digital
- digitalisation refers to technological convergence that leds to different types of information being stored on one device - development and invention of new medias
- digitalisation leds to information being delivered instantly
Pountney - digital revolutions - developments in digital forms of communication
saw that digital platforms have developed apps that help people with their life’s, relationships and everyday things
Marshall Mchuhan - global village
predicted that a global village would led to a super culture through a giant central nervous system
Pountney - global village
stated that technology increased peoples abilities to create and maintain social relationships with people they know.
- a global village can also help make relationships online with people with similar interests.
- she even suggests online relationship may be just as significant, as other relationships.
carter - virtual communities
wanted to understand cybercity culture - objective
- what kind of relationships are formed online
- do relationship formed online migrate into other social settings
- how real lives + virtual lives are interwoven in terms of lived experiences
interested - exploring friendships/ trustworthy/ authenticity
concluded - cyberspace is just another place to meet/ investment in maintaining relationships/ embedded in everyday life/ strengthens social networking
highlights - increase of technology in relationships/ boundaries of social ties / transcend distance
Boellstroff - virtual communities
Studied the concerns - moral regulation of online communities
second life - acted as extension of relationships
- experience real life through the screen
explored the issues - gender, race, sex, money, conflict and antisocial behavior
-the construction of place, time and identity
issue in second life - potential crimes - rape add on
define social networking
social networking is the people you, know or are friends with, this can be known online and face to face.
define networked global society
refers to the idea that in the post - industrial society, the focus is on information as a result of new forms of communication.
define social capital
a Marxist idea that refers to useful social contacts and networks which can be used to increase a person’s economic capital or to gain an advantage in a competitive education system.
Castelle’s study - social networks
Marxist ideas
concluded that we are moving from the industrial age to an information age because of the change in technology - allow better communication
changes in networks - increase effectiveness and now go beyond the work place.
with workplace they allow employees to work together quicker- however networks in workplace to leave out laborers and factory workers.
this means they are less able to develop their skill and leds to a decentralized society
media convergence
the way a range of different kinds of information can be combined and delivered in one format
- social media communicating with each other to share contacts
led to a convergence of cultural ideas + economies market becoming increasingly global
Boyle - media convergence
explain how the process of digitalization allow media convergence - separate media sites can be accessed by one device
big data
extremely large data sites, that maybe analyzed digitally and not digitally to reveal patterns and links in data
past - info stored on paper - required literacy
now - increase data recorded and collected due to internet
volume - large access to info,
velocity - data can be streamed at high speeds/ delivered promptly,
variety - data in all forms,
variability - data now highly inconsistent,
complexity - data comes in multiple sources so it is difficult to link/transform information
social media
refers to the participatory culture or network of websites in world 1.86 million uses in work
- relates to globalization as both share info
- OFCOM - study on news consumption showed 41% of population use net to keep up with current affairs
leading to interconnectivity around the world and hybridity (just like globalisation)
postmodernist theory - new forms of digital communications
explore what is possible rather than state a negative/ positive view. - focuses on rapid change and effect the shift has on in individual choice
look at 4 area - identity, fluidity, surveillance and diversity
(diversity, fluidity, fragmentation of identity choice)