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Internet and Society
Review Sheet
Exam 1
May 15 2014

DARPA
utopias
dystopias
social equality
cosmopolitanism
democratic participation
eliminating the most unpleasant, routine, boring aspects of work
entertainment options
economic growth
global cooperation
information overload
shorter attention spans
"new class" / digital elites
digital "black holes" (Manuel Castells)
Internet: The Mainstreaming of Online Life
Evgeny Morozov The Wrong Way to Discuss New Technologies
technological defeatism
technological solutionism
camera technology
noise abatement campaigns
Manuell Castells, The Network Society
information capitalism
knowledge economy (Drucker)
postindustrial society (Touraine 1971; Bell 1976)
information society
Fritz Machlup’s 1962 study “The production and distribution of knowledge in the United States”
“knowledge industry”
“symbolic analysts” (Bell 1973)
Economic growth
Social inequality

increased demand for knowledge workers

“brain drain”

“global cities”

geography of centrality and marginality

“party politics” to “informational politics”

E-government strategies

“informational welfare states”

sensory overload

media addiction (Byun et al. 2009;Young 1998),

“The Dumbest Generation” (Mark Bauerlein, 2008)
Tepper and Hargittai
Robinson and Schulz
Pierre Bourdieu
Forms of capital (social, economic, cultural)
Habitus: bodily and cognitive imprint of social position
Symbolic Violence, Symbolic Domination
highbrows, snobs, and omnivores.
psychological benefits of seeking out new music
knowledge of new music is social currency
liking the right kind of culture confers social distinction (Bourdieu)
social networks
mass media
digital media
Highly wired families
Partially wired families
Unwired families
social contracts
‘rights and responsibilities’ model
resource sharing, turn-taking
capital-enhancing activities


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