https://padlet.com/feniush/hkwntmich95i Made with swagger en-us 2017-10-06 03:05:18 UTC 2017-10-06 03:06:19 UTC hello@padlet.com feniush https://padlet.com/feniush/hkwntmich95i/wish/194547110 There are many different views and approaches toward the way social networks, the internet and technology affect fuman relations and the way society behaves, for example, for Manuel Castells, one of the sociologists who has written the most about the digital subject and a benchmark in academia when talking about digital communication, social networks represent an opportunity for social change. Castells argues that such platforms can become a lever for social change, as they can achieve what seems impossible through digital communication and collaboration networks.
In his latest book Networks of Indignation and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age, Castells places the Web as a powerful ally of those who are somehow exposed to the networks of economic and political power, endowing them with the force sufficient to conceive and to concretize actions of social change that flow from the digital world to the physical world.
The opposite case is that of Noam Chomsky, a training linguist and one of the key figures of the American left political party, questioning what the Internet and social networks have built up in contemporary societies. Chomsky explains that in some ways the network creates a mistaken sense of belonging and autonomy, because in building relationships based on digital interactions, only a false idea of friendship, superficial and limited, is built. Another specialist that shares a common view an perspective on social networks with Chomsky is Zygmunt Bauman, a Polish philosopher and one of the leading critics of the Internet and social networks, has pointed out that the success of portals like Facebook is due to the fear of being alone and being rejected. He also points out that the Internet has created a double life, both online and offline, each with its own characteristics. In online life, the ability to listen, negotiate and cohabit with other human beings is solved, because it is not necessary to negotiate, but to press buttons.]]> 2017-10-06 03:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/feniush/hkwntmich95i/wish/194547110