Names

Question 1

Castels (2000)

Answer 1

• Network society
• Marxist

Question 2

Juliette Garside

(2014)

Answer 2

• Concerned by the amount of time adults spent online
• Typical adult spent 8hr 41mins a day online

Question 3

Cornford and Robbins

(1999)

Answer 3

• “Power is in the hands of the few”
• Digital communication is presented as open but is actually controlled by the bourgeoisie
• Borgeoisie shape the views of proletariat and encourage consumerism

Question 4

Denise Carter (2005)

Answer 4

• Studied cyber city
• Over 3 1/2 years
• Participant observation, questionnaires, semi structured interviews
• People maintain online relationships the same as in person
• People can maintain online relationshiops into the real world

Question 5

Tom Boellstorf (2008)

Answer 5

• Studied second life
• Over 2 years
• Participant observation, interviews
• There is little regulation of online criminal behaviour
• Had to be patrolled by Belgian police
• Had problems with CSE and grooming

Question 6

Giddens, Dunier, and Appelbaum (2005)

Answer 6

• Condensed human history on a 24hr scale
• Agriculture did not exist until 3 1/2 minutes to midnight
• Modern society developed at 30 seconds to midnight

Question 7

Globalisation is:

Cochrane and Palin (2000)

Answer 7

The emergence of a global, economic, and cultural system which is incorporating the people of the world into a single global society

Question 8

Globalisation is:

Anthony Giddens (1990)

Answer 8

The intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occuring many miles away and vice versa

Question 9

Globalisation is:

Cohen and Kennedy (2000)

Answer 9

A series of transformations of the world, including changes in the concept of time and space, interdependent economies increasing cultural interaction and increasingly shared problems

Question 10

Arlacki (1990)

Answer 10

• Globalisation allows for increased trafficking of women worldwide
• Those in power do not always pass laws to protect women
• This is because the criminals and people in power are male

Question 11

Laura Bates (2012)

Answer 11

• ‘Everyday sexism’ project
• Website created for women to record sexism they faced

Question 12

Krameara (1975)

Answer 12

• Muted group theory
• Women cannot voice concerns about the patriarchy as most media is controlled by men
• Men and women use technology in equal amounts but it is mostly controlled by men

Question 13

Donna Haraway (1985)

Answer 13

• Cyborg Manifesto
• Digital communication provides women with anonymity to escape negative stereotypes
• Femininity is socially constructed - becoming cyborgs can allow people to rise above gender

Question 14

Nakamura (2011)

Answer 14

• The internet is positive
• Provides increased support for ethnic minority women

Question 15

Collins (2005)

Answer 15

Individuals can construct their identity on social media by hiding/showing aspects

Question 16

Bjorklund (1998)

Answer 16

Social media acts as an online biography

Question 17

Hart (2011)

Answer 17

• People update their online biographies like a diary
• We now have seperate online and offline identities

Question 18

Case (2007)

Answer 18

• Adolescense split between ‘online adolescence’ and ‘offline adolesence’
• It is difficult to remove things which have been posted online
  AND
• ‘we are all cyborgs now’
• Technology is so embedded in our lives we are becoming like cyborgs

Question 19

Elliot (2001)

Answer 19

• We have ‘fragmented identities’ online
• Identities differ across social media platforms