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Internet & Society

Internet & Society. Harinda Vidanage PhD hvidanage@stlawu.edu. Theoretical pitfalls. Technological determinism, Mark Poster, Manuel Castells “ Suggesting that new technologies set the conditions for social change and progress” ( R aymond Williams 1990)

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Internet & Society

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  1. Internet & Society HarindaVidanage PhD hvidanage@stlawu.edu

  2. Theoretical pitfalls • Technological determinism, Mark Poster, Manuel Castells “ Suggesting that new technologies set the conditions for social change and progress” (Raymond Williams 1990) Social determining of technology/ Social Shaping of Technology (SST)

  3. Social science and net • Community • Individual behavior • Cultural shift • Place, space and Geography • Politics and democracy

  4. First Wave thinkers • Mark Poster • Donna Haraway • Howard Rheingold • Sherry Turkle

  5. Virtual Community • New forms of community building and expanding communities beyond physical boundaries, ‘boundary transcendence’ • Howard Rheingold ‘Virtual Communities’ & ‘Smart Mobs’ • Extending human sense experience through ‘Virtual Worlds’ , Ex: Second life and its implications

  6. Work Shop: Secondlife

  7. Life on screen to alone together • The profound changes on human interaction and human behavior with technological interactions and interactions through new mediums of communication • Research by Sherry Turkle Video

  8. Cyber cultures • There is no singular definition of cyber culture, it is a rapidly proliferating, multilayered and complex space where different kinds of technology ‘work’ and generate different interactions. • Blogging, gaming, hacking, dating, forums, picture hosting, streaming, engaging… • “Convergence culture” Jenkins 2006

  9. Convergence • Convergence of Technological platforms, tools • Convergence of Functions: Information ,Entertainment, Military • Ex: Infotainment, Cinema and Geopolitics, Mainstream media and citizen journalism

  10. Cyber Culture • Technology as an attribute • Global flows, globalization and cultural shifts • Shifting identities: Gender, race, migrant, diasporic • Leading to shaping of political spaces

  11. Social science research methodology • Virtual Anthropology • Web Sphere Analysis • Network Analysis

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