Globalisation
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- Globalisation
- Theories on DC
- Marxism
- Examples of material culture, controlled by capitalist elites, dominated by corporations
- Method of surveillance, and can regulate people in interests of the wealthy
- Cornford and Robbins: It is seen as democratic and open, but in reality it is owned by people who want to ideologically control the masses
- Contemporary examples: Edward Snowden and the NSA NewsCorp ownership of UK media
- Feminism
- Technology normally seen as inherently patriarchal, but globalisation is becoming a platform to overcome female oppression
- COCHRANE: Women’s voices are no longer muted Linked with 4th wave of feminism Online patriarchy: male gaze applying to social media
- HARAWAY: Technology is a turning point for women, can be used for resistance and liberation Cyborgs will rise above gender bound ideas of personal identity
- NAKAMURA: The current wave of globalisation has greatly improved the lives of women worldwide
- Postmodernism
- Postmodern society = Consumerism is everything Truth is relative Fragmentation of social structures Incessant choice
- Baudrillard: We live in hyper realities where appearance is everything
- Marxism
- Impacts
- On relationships
- POSITIVES: Bonding social capital’ – the benefits of sharing information. Social lifeline for isolated individuals, fewer barriers to interaction. GARDNER AND DAVIS: physically separated friends remain in contact
- NEGATIVES: FUCHS – Friendships have become commercialised. Critics of Facebook say that friending represents inflation of superficial relationships. Post familial family – members spend more time interacting with digital devices than each other. Can diminish the quality of face to face interaction through distraction
- TURKLE: We substitute actual conversation for connectivity, we collect information but do not relate to each other
- On identity
- Digital communication has given rise to a wider range of ways to develop identity away from the traditional sources
- Social networks as autobiographies – helping to construct personal identity
- CASE: As technology is being embedded in our lives, we are becoming cyborgs
- POSITIVES: Enables greater choice. Exploration of subcultures. Acceptance of difference
- NEGATIVE: Multiples identities can cause criminal activity. BAUMAN – we narrow our thinking by only interacting with people who share our views. Identity shaped by capitalist products
- On relationships
- Conflict and change
- Murphy – Twitter has potential to shape people’s social and political life
- Curran – social media did not cause the uprisings, but facilitated them
- Martell – gives false impression of power being given to greater number of people
- Contemporary example: Arab Springs
- Theories on DC
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