Globalization And Networked Societies

Author : Robert Hassan
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335225729

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Media, Politics and the Network Society by Robert Hassan Pdf

What is the network society? What effects does it have upon media, culture and politics? What are the competing forces in the network society, and how are they reshaping the world? The rise of the network society – the suffusion of much of the economy, culture and society with digital interconnectivity – is a development of immense significance. In this innovative book, Robert Hassan unpacks the dynamics of this new information order and shows how they have affected both the way media and politics are ‘played’, and how these are set to reshape and reorder our world. Using many of the current ideas in media theory, cultural studies and the politics of the newly evolving ‘networked civil society’, Hassan argues that the network society is steeped with contradictions and in a state of deep flux. This is a key text for undergraduate students in media studies, politics, cultural studies and sociology, and will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the network society and play a part in shaping it.

Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0824823265

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Globalization and Networked Societies by Yue-man Yeung Pdf

The world in the last two decades of the twentieth century fundamentally and radically changed at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed. The challenge posed at the beginning of the third millennium is enormous for governments and people the world over. Globalization, along with globalism, continues its unrelenting and accelerating march as it draws more countries, cities, and people closer into interdependent relationships. Globalization and Networked Societies attempts to tease out some of the salient elements of this process, especially as it has affected urban centers in Pacific Asia over the past twenty years. Globalization and rapid economic growth have transformed the region and its cities on varied spatial scales, bringing new opportunities and challenges for governments, the private sector, and individuals. All countries in Pacific Asia are covered in this work, with special attention given to Hong Kong and to China, a late bloomer in the Asia scene but nevertheless one that has experienced phenomenal growth and accelerated globalization in recent decades. The empirical analyses reveal the outcome, dilemmas, and meanings of globalization in the urban-regional scene.

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444356311

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The Rise of the Network Society by Manuel Castells Pdf

This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe

Author : Manuel Castells,Bob Catterall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Information technology
ISBN : 190030032X

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The Making of the Network Society by Manuel Castells,Bob Catterall Pdf

Author : Manuel Castells,Gustavo Cardoso
Publisher : Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114532059

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The Network Society by Manuel Castells,Gustavo Cardoso Pdf

This volume explores the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its policy dimension, ranging from the knowledge economic, based in technology and innovation, to the organizational reform and modernization in the public sector, focusing also the media and communication policies. The Network Society is our society, a society made of individuals, businesses and state operating from the local, national and into the international arena.

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114142073

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The Network Society by Manuel Castells Pdf

Manuel Castells has drawn together a group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity.

Author : Darin Barney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745637099

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The Network Society by Darin Barney Pdf

In The Network Society, Darin Barney provides a compelling examination of the social, political and economic implications of network technologies and their application across a wide range of practices and institutions. Are we in the midst of a digital revolution? Have new information and communication technologies given birth to a new form of society, or do they reinforce and extend existing patterns and relationships? This book provides a clear and engaging discussion of these and other questions. Using a sophisticated model of the relationship between technology and society, Barney investigates both what has changed, and what has remained the same, in the age of the Internet. Among the issues discussed are debates concerning the emergence of a 'knowledge economy'; digital restructuring of employment and work; globalization and the status of the nation-state; the prospects of digital democracy; the digital divide; new social movements; and culture, community and identity in the age of new media. This book provides an accessible resource for a thoughtful engagement with life in the network society. It will be essential reading for students in sociology and media and communication studies. This will be a valuable textbook for undergraduate students of sociology and media and communication studies.

Author : Douglas Schuler,Peter Day
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262264706

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Shaping the Network Society by Douglas Schuler,Peter Day Pdf

How computer professionals and communities can work together to shape sociotechnical systems that will meet society's challenges. Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. The authors contributing to Shaping the Network Society describe how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges. In their vision, computer professionals are concerned less with bits, bytes, and algorithms and more with productive partnerships that engage both researchers and community activists. These collaborations are producing important sociotechnical work that will affect the future of the network society. Traditionally, academic research on real-world users of technology has been neglected or even discouraged. The authors contributing to this book are working to fill this gap; their theoretical and practical discussions illustrate a new orientation—research that works with people in their natural social environments, uses common language rather than rarefied academic discourse, and takes a pragmatic perspective. The topics they consider are key to democratization and social change. They include human rights in the "global billboard society"; public computing in Toledo, Ohio; public digital culture in Amsterdam; "civil networking" in the former Yugoslavia; information technology and the international public sphere; "historical archaeologies" of community networks; "technobiographical" reflections on the future; libraries as information commons; and globalization and media democracy, as illustrated by Indymedia, a global collective of independent media organizations.

Author : Louis Albrechts,Seymour Mandelbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135991852

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The Network Society by Louis Albrechts,Seymour Mandelbaum Pdf

Editors are well known experts in the field as are many of the contributors Spatial and technological networks are of high interest and this book examines their relationship and deals with the challenges that they raise for planners and policy makers A strong focus on the political and sociological aspect of network-based societies and cities

Author : Limbu, Marohang
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466647589

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Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization by Limbu, Marohang Pdf

Since the dawn of the digital era, the transfer of knowledge has shifted from analog to digital, local to global, and individual to social. Complex networked communities are a fundamental part of these new information-based societies. Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization examines the production, dissemination, and consumption of knowledge within networked communities in the wider global context of pervasive Web 2.0 and social media services. This book will offer insight for business stakeholders, researchers, scholars, and administrators by highlighting the important concepts and ideas of information- and knowledge-based economies.

Author : Dirk Messner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135226176

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The Network Society by Dirk Messner Pdf

The author argues that the countries that, at the end of the 20th century, have economic, social and ecological success will not be unleashed market economies but "active and learning societies" that attempt to solve their problems via an organizational and governance-related pluralism.

Author : Felix Stalder
Publisher : Polity
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780745632766

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Manuel Castells by Felix Stalder Pdf

It has earned him favourable comparisons to Marx and Weber.

Author : David Singh Grewal
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300145120

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Network Power by David Singh Grewal Pdf

For all the attention globalization has received in recent years, little consensus has emerged concerning how best to understand it. For some, it is the happy product of free and rational choices; for others, it is the unfortunate outcome of impersonal forces beyond our control. It is in turn celebrated for the opportunities it affords and criticized for the inequalities in wealth and power it generates. David Singh Grewal’s remarkable and ambitious book draws on several centuries of political and social thought to show how globalization is best understood in terms of a power inherent in social relations, which he calls network power. Using this framework, he demonstrates how our standards of social coordination both gain in value the more they are used and undermine the viability of alternative forms of cooperation. A wide range of examples are discussed, from the spread of English and the gold standard to the success of Microsoft and the operation of the World Trade Organization, to illustrate how global standards arise and falter. The idea of network power supplies a coherent set of terms and concepts—applicable to individuals, businesses, and countries alike—through which we can describe the processes of globalization as both free and forced. The result is a sophisticated and novel account of how globalization, and politics, work.

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444310146

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The Rise of the Network Society, With a New Preface by Manuel Castells Pdf

This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe

Author : Wesley Longhofer,Daniel Winchester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 943 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000888249

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Social Theory Re-Wired by Wesley Longhofer,Daniel Winchester Pdf

This third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that "allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before," according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. "System updates" to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the text’s five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. New to this edition: The "big ideas/questions" thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition An expanded "Podcast Companions" series now pairs at least one podcast to every reading in the book Many new updates to the exercise platform allow students to theorize and build theory on their own New readings excerpts include such important recent work as: Shoshana Zuboff’s "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," Ruha Benjamin’s "Race After Technology," David Graeber’s "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit," Sherry Turkle’s “Always-On/Always-on-You.”