Postmodernist View of Digital Communication and Globalisation
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- Created on: 20-02-20 09:28
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- Postmodernist View of Globalisation and Digital Communications
- New forms of communication reflect a shift towards greater individual choice
- Information sharing gives people a greater scope in developing different parts of their identity
- Identity and Different Forms of Communication
- Identity if created, negotiated and confirmed
- Collins - Chains of interaction needs to be understood to understand society
- Looking how individuals construct identity through social network sites (micro)
- See how people see the world around them
- Looking how individuals construct identity through social network sites (micro)
- Differences between on and offline lives
- E.g. Catfish
- Strinati - Consumer Choice
- What we choose/buy is controlled by the media
- Baudrillard
- Similacra -artificial images replace reality (e.g. dash cams, emoji, avatars)
- Hyperreality - distorted view of reality
- Facebook as a form of Autobiography
- Bjorklund - Digital communication = ongoing biography
- Continuously manipulate and update
- Hart - Individuals writing and re-writing autobiographies
- Reflects values and values of society
- Construction of self by posting pictures
- Social networks develop by finding like-minded friends
- Case - Adolescence have two adolescence (on and offline)
- Harder to remove mistakes
- Tension and conflict
- Harder to remove mistakes
- Bjorklund - Digital communication = ongoing biography
- Digital Media and Surveillance
- Foucault - Surveillance is the most effective means of regulating behaviour and reducing crime
- Aware they're being watched = less likely to commit crime
- Chance of being caught = greater
- Controlled by increasing amount of information being collected
- Build profile of behaviour
- Aware they're being watched = less likely to commit crime
- Foucault - Surveillance is the most effective means of regulating behaviour and reducing crime
- Greater Fluidity
- Greater agency
- Positive and negative effects of social relationships
- Choose most relevant identity
- Online identities don't always reflect offline identites
- Not every aspect of identity is visible online
- Social life is complex - DC reflects complexities
- Evaluation
- Contemporary
- Acknowledges influence of DC and media in everyday lives
- High Ecological Validity
- Ignores increased risk of exploitation
- Ignores the digital divide
- Media dictates what you should and shouldn't like
- Less fluid and choice
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