Globalisation/Digital Communication

Question 1

Fukuyama

Answer 1

Civilisation has historically been heading towards capitalism/democracy

Question 2

Friedman

Answer 2

Globalisation has a distinctly American face

Question 3

Spybey

Answer 3

Globalisation is positive

Cultures use ideas from others - Ford’s assembly line

Question 4

Giddens

Answer 4

Reverse colonialisation

Local cultures defend themselves and revive their identities

Question 5

McLuhan

Answer 5

Global village

All involved in each other’s lives

Question 6

Carter

Answer 6

Virtual communities - people put in as much effort as in real life

Question 7

Boelstorff

Answer 7

‘Second life’ game - make our own virtual identity

Question 8

Castells

Answer 8

Network society - new age
World shifted to informationalism
Time is no longer a limiting factor - digital communication is instant

Question 9

Boyle

Answer 9

Digital generation divide

Forms of media and social media profiles are all interlinked, for you on one device, and for the companies behind it

Question 10

Fairweather and Rogerson

Answer 10

Cultural homogenisation
Localised computer software, advertising, antisocial behaviour and no policing on morality and ethics online contribute to this

Question 11

Granovetter

Answer 11

Weak ties more common online, but still important to us

Question 12

Zhao

Answer 12

Internet activities that help people connect have a positive impact on social ties
Individual activities don’t (surfing the web)

Question 13

Kraut

Answer 13

The internet played a key role in maintaining/developing weaker social ties

Question 14

Feld

Answer 14

Social networks are used to evaluate yourself and others

Individual identity shaped by friend networks

Question 15

Turkle

Answer 15

‘Alone together’ - Hard to be alone online. Can control our social experience online - talk to people as much as we want, can delete parts of messages we don’t like. End up not talking to people in real life.

Question 16

Miller

Answer 16

Facebook connects people isolated by age or shyness, but can ruin privacy. Makes and breaks relationships just as easily

Question 17

Shaw and Grant

Answer 17

Internet use decreases loneliness and depression, while social support and self-esteem increases

Question 18

Goffman

Answer 18

Presentation of self

Can present ourselves however we like online - different to irl

Question 19

Ellison

Answer 19

Can adopt multiple personalities online

Question 20

Berry

Answer 20

Older people have a lack of skills and interest in using the internet
Only 37% pensioners have internet access

Question 21

Mertens and D’haenens

Answer 21

Class digital divide

Question 22

Howard

Answer 22

Virtual church

Fundamentalist Christians share ideologies online

Question 23

Sutton, Palen and Shklovski

Answer 23

Digital communication helps with disasters - pass information and allows global fundraising

Question 24

Kirkpatrick

Answer 24

Facebook effect - political protests occur and get traction online now

Question 25

Ghonim

Answer 25

Protests in Egypt - activists connected online, allowed them to show the abuses of power the government use

Question 26

Lesaca

Answer 26

ISIS able to groom and recruit people through social media

Question 27

Arlaccki

Answer 27

Organised exploitation of women is possible with the internet

Question 28

Hughes

Answer 28

Globalisation reproduces patriarchy by informing people of places where sex/bride trafficking and prostitutes are common

Question 29

Haraway

Answer 29

Women can use technology to change and empower their identities rather than conform

Question 30

Nakuamura

Answer 30

Digital world is used by women as a forum for support

Question 31

Cochrane

Answer 31

Using digital communication to challenge patriarchy has grown in popularity - #MeToo, mumsnet