the digital revolution

Question 1

the digital revolution

Answer 1

named the third industrial revolution
started in 1989

Question 2

cornford and robins 1999

Answer 2

new media is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, there is progression from what already existsed
- the same capitalists control the new media

Question 3

ellison 2013

Answer 3

individuals can adopt multiple online personalities

Question 4

case 2007

Answer 4

use of technology is embedded in daily lives - part human part machine’
interactions with technology create identity

Question 5

virtual communities

Answer 5

social network of individuals who created an online community which could reflect their offline lives

Question 6

impact on relationships - turkle 2011

Answer 6

‘alone together’
in the same room but on devices to engage
- insecurity

Question 7

granovetter 1973

Answer 7

relationships are social ties which vary in strength
- amount spent together
- emotional intensity
- physical intimacy
- degree of reciprocity

Question 8

hyperreality

Answer 8

simulations of reality may seem more real than reality itself
- the generations of models of real without origin