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https://youtu.be/tLF5J8Y5zyg

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- Bjorklund explained that people used to use autobiographies in order to
describe their lives, however now we define ourselves differently.
- Instead of these happening at the end of our lives digital media now allows us to constantly edit this throughout our lives how and when we please.

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- Hart argues that by writing and editing our autobiographies it reflects what contemporary society is like and what the current norms and values are.

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- Foucault argued that surveillance is an effective way of regulating
behaviour as people are less likely to commit deviant or criminal
acts if they know they are being observed.
- Media is constantly observing us to see what we do and what our tendencies are.

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- Collins argued that by observing how people build their identity through social media we can get a
glimpse on how they perceive the world around them.
- By understanding peoples interactions with each other we are then able to get a better understanding on contemporary society.

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- Focused on the empowerment of women.
- The fourth-wave seeks greater gender equality by focusing on gendered norms and marginalization of women in society.
- With a focus on sexual harassment, body shaming, and rape culture, among other issues, a key component was the use of social media to highlight and address these concerns.

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- Digital forms of communication can offer new ways in which patriarchal ideology can exert further control over women, such as sexual exploitation.

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- States that exploitation has been one of the most undesirable consequences of globalisation, but this is not considered a priority within society.

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- To be a female is highly political and socially constructed.
- She believes that women should not be left behind in the technology based information that is run by men.
- She also believes that the creation of cyborgs will allow society to overcome gender-bound ideas.

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- Foucault takes a interest in this.
- Formal or external surveillance is an increasing feature of contemporary society with the use of CCTV and the monitoring of online activity.

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https://www.thesociologyteacher.com/media-sociology-revision

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- Network society.
- Castells believes that “we are passing from the industrial age into the information age”.
- The definition in terms of a network society is a society where the key social structures and activities are organized around electronically processed information networks.

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- Cultural pessimists believe that the revolution in new media technology has been exaggerated.
- Argue that new media are not so new and that the media today is an accommodation between old and new.
- The only thing that is new about new media is its speed, information, news and entertainment can be accessed in ‘real time’.