Sociologists Flashcards
“Alone together”
Turkle
Granovetter (1973)
Strength of ties based on a variety of factors
Feld
- People use social networks to evaluate themselves and others
- An individual’s identity is, in party, determined by the network of friends they maintain
- One’s social network is linked to the number of ties a person maintains
The Cyborg Manifesto
Feminist
Haraway:
- Technology can be used to empower women and close the gap of physical inequalities
Arlaccki
Feminist
UN efforts to fight organised crime.
Globalisation has provided women with a way of expressing their experiences
Chittal
Feminist
#AskHerMore
Social media has closed physical boundaries and allowed women to discuss and speak out about their experiences
Nakamura (2011)
Feminist
Women from a range of ethnicities are gaining an increasing presence in digital communication and this enables their particular interests. For instance, there are support networks for women who might have previously not been able to have that support. The networks offer practical and emotional support for women experiencing discrimination.
Chochrane
Feminist
Technology allows women to have a voice.
Girl guides introduced to campaigning and activism badge
Survey on mumsnet found 59% of users consider themselves a feminist
Hughes, 1991
Feminist
New forms of digital communication offer new ways in which women, children and vulnerable people can be exploited.
Apart from slavery, feminists also point out the ways in which digital communication can increase patriarchal control over women. These include sexual exploitation, such as bride trafficking, sex tourism, exchange of prostitution information and live sex shows.
Bagdikian
Marxist
Media has been monopolised.
Concentrates on supporting propaganda on the wealthy
Jurgenson
Marxist
Social media has strengthened relations and has allowed people in third world countries to communicate more effectively and broken the social divide between nations of the world
Seabrook
Marxist
Local markets under threat of invasion from elsewhere. Locally made goods replaced by industrial plastics and metals
Castells
Marxist
We are moving from the industrial age into an information age.
Power lies within networks like the global financial capital.
Bjorklund (1998)
Autobiographies have been replaced by the daily usage of Facebook, an ongoing biography
Hart (2011)
Tendency of traditional interpretations to regard postings on Facebook as trivial
Collins (2005)
Suggests that to understand society, the chains of interaction must be understood. By looking closely at how individuals construct their identities on social network sites, it may be possible to learn about people’s perspective of the world. It is interesting to consider the difference in peoples on- and offline lives.
The TV series, Catfish, shows stories of people hoping for love but being catfished, often with mysteries and surprises.
Case (2007)
Suggests that the fact that effects of social media need to be researched over the coming years before any definitive conclusions can be drawn can prove a challenge.
This is especially the case for adolescents who in effect have two adolescents- one online and one offline. She claims that the nature of new social media makes it harder to remove mistakes as every interaction is visible, like an audit trail.
For instance, many people don’t realise that much of what they say is stored by social media companies and is hard to remove or edit.
This can cause tension and conflict between individuals, for example, resulting in disputes due to the disclosure of private information.
Baudrillard
Hyperreality - Constructed through and by the media, replacing reality.
Everything is a reproduction
Elliot (2001)
Pessimistic about the fragmented nature of identity
Foucault (1977)
Poststructuralist
Argues that surveillance is likely to become the most effective means of regulating behaviour and reducing crime in contemporary society
According to Foucault, a person who knows that they are being watched is less likely to commit a crime as their chances of being caught are greater.
