Globalisation

Question 1

Giddens

Answer 1

24 hr clock is the whole of history
not much happened in the first 23 hours
due to technology things have changed at a faster pace than excpected

Question 2

Boellstorf

Answer 2

negative of virtual community
wanted to see the issues in the virtual communities: sex, gender, ethnicity
there were allegations of rape in the game
questions morals of virtual communities

Question 3

Castells

Answer 3

power lies in networks
easier and more effective networks
working class and poorly educated people likely to be excluded

Question 4

Cornford and Robins

Answer 4

power is the hands of a few
people who control the media (media moguls) are capitalists and want to control masses and make profit through news and entertainment shaping people’s views and ideas
Rupert Murdock

Question 5

Chomsky

Answer 5

manufacturing consent
platform such as twitter appear to give people a voice to distract them from the real knowledge

Question 6

Haraway

Answer 6

cyborgs
transcend above gender bound ideas
men and women should go with the stereotype

Question 7

Nakamura

Answer 7

support for ethnic minority women facing discrimination

Question 8

Laura Bates

Answer 8

everyday sexism project
allows women to stand up
start campaigns against misogyny

Question 9

Arlaccki

Answer 9

exploitation of women
sex slaves
easier to be trafficked
easier to be bought and sold on unregulated apps such as telegram

Question 10

Amnesty International

Answer 10

23% of women had experienced online abuse or harassment
physical and sexual abuse
felt like their safety was threatened
lowered their self esteem
easy for perpetrators to sit behind a screen and be sexist and racist etc

Question 11

Bjorklund

Answer 11

we can constantly update our autobiography which represents out sense of self to others

Question 12

Case

Answer 12

digital footprint
challenges for teens to erase any mistakes
may affect job opportunities

Question 13

Elliot

Answer 13

can create a fake superficial identity
e.g Ruby Franke

Question 14

Hart

Answer 14

values
we constantly rewrite out biographies to reflect society’s values at that time and build networks with similar minded people

Question 15

Ritzer

Answer 15

McDonaldisation of society
Processes of McDonalds are being applied to all aspects of postmodern society
efficiency: self service = less face to face interaction
calculability: supersize options = likes and followers

Question 16

Baudrillard

Answer 16

hyperreality
AI has become so realistic we can’t distinguish between what’s real and what’s fake
authenticity is lost
media gives a hyperreal version of reality in which everything is more exciting than it is e.g. showing off a relationship but they are actually toxic

Question 17

Miller

Answer 17

why we post
Turkey
women have more freedom online are participate in activities away from the male gaze and their families
more opportunities that didn’t exist in the offline world

Question 18

Turkle

Answer 18

allows people to be set free from the burdens of their physical identity and appear more ‘attractive’ in a better light

Question 19

Gardener and Davis

Answer 19

Young people use social media to:
present a socially desirable and polished self

Question 20

Van Dijk (identity)

Answer 20

identity is a social product
we seek approval by others on the internet
we are all becoming the same as we follow trends

Question 21

Granovetter

Answer 21

social ties
weak and strong
weak for connection and job opportunity, brings you benefits

Question 22

Bargh and Mckenna

Answer 22

barriers are broken down, good for shy people

Question 23

Cancer research UK

Answer 23

young adults who use social media a lot struggle to form irl relationships
struggle to speak to new people irl

Question 24

Post familial families

Answer 24

communicating to family online even though they are together
less physical time spent together

Question 25

Miller (relationship)

Answer 25

facebook tales facebook helps form relationships and break unfaithful ones up can create scandals exposing unfaithful people

Question 26

Bauman

Answer 26

the internet dumbs us down we fail to learn real social skills it’s a trap

Question 27

Prensky

Answer 27

digital natives and immigrants natural environment for children as they’re fully integrated in digital culture not natural for older people

Question 28

Gardner and Davis (age)

Answer 28

young people take care in how they present themselves online socially desirable, polished self adopt different identities engage in identity performance (likes, follows)

Question 29

Twenge

Answer 29

iGen increasing levels of moodiness, loneliness and anxiety less time spent with friends adds on to the depression constant pressure of comparison

Question 30

Postman

Answer 30

disappearance of childhood exposure to adult content

Question 31

Berry

Answer 31

older people not on the internet as much due to psychological barriers, lack of interest

Question 32

Age 2.0 project

Answer 32

train more people to use DC to improve cognitive capacity feel less isolated because of the connections they make online

Question 33

Young

Answer 33

risk of children being exploited online disappearing childhood pressure to conform

Question 34

Young

Answer 34

risk of children being exploited online disappearing childhood pressure to conform

Question 35

Mertens and D’Haenens

Answer 35

digital divide of class middle class use it for knowledge, upper class use for entertainment thus creating a knowledge gap

Question 36

Scope

Answer 36

if more people had access to the internet, their economic position could improve because they can find out all of the benefits which they are entitled to

Question 37

Green and Singleton

Answer 37

online communities such as mums net reinforce the patriarchal gender roles that women should perform emotional work and maintain family relations

Question 38

The guardian

Answer 38

out of 10 abused journalists, 8 were women and 2 were ethnic minority men

Question 39

Lil Kirkup

Answer 39

men were more confident in computer skills and more likely to express their opinions

Question 40

Shmitz

Answer 40

rise in men activist groups promote aggression towards women

Question 41

Talibans internet strategy

Answer 41

a way to prevent change banned the internet, movies, photography as it was seen as ‘un-islamic’

Question 42

Sutton

Answer 42

california wildfires internet used to warn people of the fires backchannel communication people may exaggerate information citizen journalists

Question 43

Iran

Answer 43

social change twitter used to be politically insignificant but now it’s a political tool raising awareness and to alert others girls videoing taking their hijab off citizen journalists

Question 44

Jurgenson (social change)

Answer 44

DC made revolution more intense and bigger (BLM)

Question 45

Joyce

Answer 45

proof is in the pendulum this in power don’t allow the protesters to gain ground for long government eventually regains control

Question 46

Lee

Answer 46

a hashtag is NOT a movement promotes laziness (e-petitions)

Question 47

UN

Answer 47

87% of people are from developed countries and don’t have access to DC to start social change or augmented revolution

Question 48

Evidence for cultural homogenisation

Answer 48

consumerism increasing rate of secular ideas (more believe in science) computer software: reflect western ways of thinking e.g. date format) patriarchal ideology increased individualism

Question 49

Evidence for cultural defence

Answer 49

Giddens: reverse colonisation less powerful groups can influence the more powerful groups mexicanisation of California: food, dress, music become part of American culture resulted of immigrants Glocalisation: mcdonald’s menu is altered to the country e.g. India, chicken paneer sandwich Religious fundamentalists groups: ISIS, Taliban Indigenous people

Question 50

Wheeler

Answer 50

Kuwait case study CULTURAL HOMOGENISATION surf internet for new ideas communicate with opposite gender stream American football CULTURAL DEFENCE traditional norms for women: clothing, no outside late TV coverage interrupted for prayer