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    communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Since 1991 a lot of things have changed and evolved but the concept of network society has stayed the same. One of the other authors that have analysed and discussed the topic of network society was Manuel Castells‚ he wrote a three volume book titled “The Rise of Network Society” (1996). In his book he wrote: “The network society itself is‚ in fact‚ the social structure which is characteristic of what people had been calling for years the information society

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    Volver a COMUNICACIONES Gonzalo MONTIEL ROIG (Universitat de València) LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA IDENTIDAD DEL “JOVEN” EN INTERNET: APUNTES SOBRE EL CONSUMO CULTURAL Y MEDIÁTICO DE LOS JÓVENES Esta comunicación trata conectar el proceso de construcción y consolidación de la identidad juvenil a través del consumo cultural y mediático con el hecho constatado de que Internet‚ como nuevo espacio de comunicación y de oferta cultural‚ es una máquina de consumo que requiere de más usuarios y nuevos

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    Leslie Biggars Steve Sosnoski ENG 131-02 21 May 2013 Social Networks and Our Society The topic I am choosing for my research project is social networks and our society. In society today you can hardly find a person who hasn’t heard of a social network. There are different reasons why people are choosing to create their own social network pages‚ whether it be for school‚ work‚ or personal use‚ we can agree that most people do indeed have a page on one of the many social networking sites. No

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    MILLION PEOPLE MARCH On October 11‚ 2011‚ a global network occupying movements under the banner of “United for Global Change” mobilized hundreds of thousands in 951 cities in 82 countries around the world through the social network (Castells‚ 2012). This social movement happened to claim social justice and true democracy and relied on the internet to create a movement. In the Philippines‚ a movement was also made through the social network but to gather millions of people to protest about the current

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    Understanding New Media‚ The MIT Press Gates‚ Bill in His book The Road Ahead (1996) Greenfield‚ D. N. (1999c). Virtual Addiction: Oakland: New Harbinger Publications Luhmann‚ Niklas (2000) The Reality Of The Mass Media Publisher Polity Press Manuel Castells (2001) the internet Galaxy‚ Oxford University Press Mcquail‚ Dean Reader In Mass Communication Theory (2002) Reid‚ Elizabeth "The Electronic Chat: Social Issues on Internet Relay Chat‚" Media Infomation Australia‚ No. 67‚ 62 (1993) Slevin‚ James

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    Sociology 241 Course Paper Question #1: Using Hagedorn’s analysis of the Hamburgs‚ and the Conservative Vice Lords in Chicago‚ and the Crips and Bloods video’s analysis of gangs in LA‚ discuss how Hagedorn’s concept of demoralization‚ and Cornell West’s concept of nihilism‚ have an objective basis in the historical structure of Chicago’s and LA’s racism. In John M. Hagedorn’s book A World of Gangs he states‚ “An increasingly frustrated and demoralized population will reluctantly turn to

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    Australia‚ Asia and the World (week 2) Topic 1- A citizen of the world Topic 2- Identity‚ values and worldviews Topic 3- Cultural Literacy Encountering Strangers Terra Nullius- Land belonging to no one “In this world through which I travel‚ I am endlessly creating myself” Franz Fanon‚ Black Skin White Masks Communities of People People coming together for a common cause‚ connecting in a world of strangers. Recognising common humanity Connecting across differences Accountability and responsibility

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    References: Castells‚ M. (1997). The power of identity‚ the information age: Economy‚ society and culture‚ Vol Castells‚ M. (2005). The network society: A cross-cultural perspective. Northampton‚ MA: Edward Elgar. Fromm‚ E. (1968). The revolution of hope: Towards a humanized technology. New York: Harper and Row Publishers

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    divide to reach digital Bangladesh The Daily Star‚p.1. Allan Martin (February 2009:2) Digital Literacy for the Third Age: Sustaining Identity in an Uncertain World eLearning Papers‚ www.elearningpapers.eu‚ 1 Nº 12 • February 2009‚ ISSN 1887-1542 Manuel Castells: The Internet Galaxy‚ ‘The Internet is a fundamental instrument for Development in the Third World’ (castells2001:5) Sttrattegiic Priioriittiies off Diigiittall Banglladeshprepared by Access to IInfformatiion ((A2II)) Programme Priime Miiniister’’s

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    The rise of the global leisure/cultural industries Introduction The term ‘globalization’ is widely used to describe a variety of economic‚ cultural‚ social‚ and political changes that have changed the world over the past 50 years (Guttal‚ 2010). Globalization can be conceived as time-space compression‚ accelerating interconnectedness‚ and action at a distance (Kim‚ 2005). Globalization thus suggests the expanding scale‚ speeding up and deepening impact of flows and patterns of social interaction

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