Impacts

Question 1

What does Garside say about age and digital communications?

Answer 1

6 year olds know better than 45 year olds.

Question 2

What does Boyle say about age and digital communications?

Answer 2

Each generation is becoming more reliant on the internet

Question 3

What does Berry say about age and digital communication?

Answer 3

Elderly don’t use internet out of lack of interest, not lack of understanding

Question 4

What does Mertons et al say about class and digital communications?

Answer 4

Lower class people are more likely to use internet for entertainment, not developing knowledge

Question 5

What does Li and Kirkup say about gender and digital communications?

Answer 5

Men are more likely to use chat rooms and play games

Question 6

How does Granovetter measure relationship strength?

Answer 6

1 amount of time spent together
2 emotional intensity
3 level of intimacy
4 degree of mutuality

Question 7

What does Kraut say about digital relationships?

Answer 7

Online chat rooms actually develop social skills

Question 8

What does Miller say about digital relationships?

Answer 8

Can cause privacy problems

Question 9

What does Shaw and Gant say about digital communications?

Answer 9

Internet is linked to depression and mental health issues

Question 10

What was Turkle’s study?

Answer 10

‘Alone together’ = communication online distance people as we can be in the same room but on phones.

Question 11

What is religious fundamentalism?

Answer 11

Refers to the belief of an individual or a group who has authority, manipulating that of a sacred text or teaching

Question 12

What does Howard say about Christians and religious fundamentalism?

Answer 12

‘Digital Jesus’ is a large, communal online conversation to empower individuals. Good but no sole person to blame or prosecute.

Question 13

What does The Taliban group show about religious fundamentalism in Islam?

Answer 13

They once used it radically to regulate media seen by Islam citizens and now utilise it as a marketing tool.

Question 14

What did Giddens say about cultural defence in conflict and change?

Answer 14

There is now ‘reverse colonisation’, where smaller countries make an impact on larger ones.

Question 15

What did Kirkpatrick say about the use of digital communications for conflict and change ?

Answer 15

‘The facebook effect’ showed how Facebook was a catalyst in protest movements.