Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Developments in Digital Forms of
Communication - OCR A2 SOCIOLOGY
- Globalisation
- Wiseman
- The term 'globalisation' can be misused and misunderstood
- Giddens
- Intensification of worldwide relations where
local happenings are shaped by events miles
away
- Networked Global Society
- Castells
- We are moving from an industrial age
to an information age, as a result of
digital communication
- Social Capital
- In the post-industrial society, the focus is on
information as a result of new forms of digital
communication
- Global Village
- McLuhen
- the world that has been “shrunk” by modern advances in communications
- Virtual Communities
- Boelstorff
- Second Life
- No 'patrolling' the site or restrictions
- Carter
- Cyber City
- People are putting the same amount of
effort into online and offline relationships
- A social network of individuals
who create an online community
- Media Convergence
- Boyle
- Digitalisation allows media convergence
- Different kinds of information can be
combined and delivered in one
format
- Digital Revolution
- Extension/Development
- New Platforms
- Massive and rapid changes/advances in technology
massively affecting lives
- Big Data
- Large Data Sets
- Features
- Velocity
- Volume
- Variability
- Variety
- Complexity
- Social Media
- Miller
- 'Why we post'
- Cyworld
- Any digital communication platform