Bibliography: Castells Manuel‚ Communication Power; Mass communication‚ mass self communication and power relationships in the network society Johnstone W.C John‚ Review: Who Controls the News?‚ The American Journal Of Psychology; Halberstam David‚The Powers that be; Gans
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Review of Manuel Castells (2009)‚ Communication Power. Oxford‚ New York: Oxford University Press. (571 p.) ISBN 978-0-19-956-701-1 To appear in Communications‚ The European Journal of Communication (2010) The book Communication Power can be seen as a successor of Volume II of Castells’ major triology about the Information Age‚ called The Power of Identity (1997). In his new book Castells focuses on the role of communication networks in power-making in society‚ with an emphasis on political
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Convergence is a term that can be broadly used to define multiple contexts. In relation to technology the growth and development is evident in information‚ communication and business around the world. The Internet technology is a prime example of all three categories‚ which contribute to the understanding of convergence in today’s form of communication and new media. The emergence of social media network communities and free market economies were brought to life due to the birth of the internet while
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Manuel Castells Materials for an explorator y theory of the network society1 ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age‚ as tentatively identi ed by empirical‚ cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world‚ in various cultural and institutional manifestations‚ as the industrial society characterized the social structure of
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In this day and age that we live in‚ technology is becoming an essential part of our daily lives. The twenty-first century‚ largely dubbed as the “Age of Technology” and also the “Era of Globalization‚” has brought on the feasibility of an interconnected world. Globalization is considered to be the unavoidable wave of the future. A few texts from Kwame Anthony Appiah‚ Marshall Poe‚ and Thomas L. Friedman further elaborate on a few important aspects of globalization. Technology‚ a major part of globalization
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Research questions What are the developments options the state and the Non-governmental organisations have performed for the Peddie Extension area with regard to the housing delivery. Aims and Objectives of the study: Two aims and objectives have been identified for this study‚ namely to: * assess whether the stakeholders from the community are satisfied with the housing delivery process and how they have benefitted from the process. * Understand‚ and analyse the roles played by the
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UNITED NATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Information Technology‚ Globalization and Social Development Manuel Castells UNRISD Discussion Paper No. 114‚ September 1999 The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Its work is guided by the conviction that‚ for effective development policies to be formulated‚ an understanding
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processes involved. Are explained through a historical context theories accompanied by recognized experts in the field. Martin Barbero and Néstor García Canclini us to understand democratization in the past decades‚ to make way for the research of Manuel Castells Carlos Scolari and trying to understand and form a functionalist theory of what we experience today and everyday. Keywords: Culture‚ Consumption‚ Democratization‚ Digital‚ Technology‚ Users‚ Social Networking. "THE ROLE OF NEW MEDIA IN SOCIETY"
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ountless books have appeared in the last two decades on the theme of globalisation and its many forms. From the emancipatory scenario to the doomsday picture – nothing has been left out of imagination. Initially writers wrote of fast flowing capital‚ newer forms of assemblages‚ refined versions of neoFordism‚ etc. Sociologists were not behind in these imaginations. Themes of global identity‚ placelessness‚ rootlessness‚ migration and formation of new diasporas‚ marked these writings. Then came the
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because when our symbolic environment is‚ by and large‚ structured in this inclusive‚ flexible‚ diversified hypertext in which we navigate every day‚ the virtuality of this text is in fact our reality‚ the symbols from which we live and communicate. (Castells‚ p.403) Instead of a greeting‚ the first thing you hear when you meet a friend these days‚ is “ Why didn ’t you comment on my wall post yesterday?” or “Add me to your gang on Mafia Wars.” One ignorant of the context of these terms would wonder when
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