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Networks in the Global Village examines how people live through
personal communities: their networks of friends, neighbors,
relatives, and coworkers. It is the first book to compare the
communities of people around the world. Major social differences
between and within the First, Second, and Third Worlds affect the
opportunities and insecurities with which individuals and
households must deal, the supportive resources they seek, and the
ways in which markets, institutions, and networks structure access
to these resources. Each article written by a resident shows how
living in a country affects the ways in which people use networks
to access resources.Most people's ties in the developed world are
not with neighbors but are widely dispersed. Unlike traditional
studies of communities, social network analysis can identify the
flourishing personal communities that people do have, no matter how
far their ties may stretch and how fragmented their communities may
be.Social networks are one of the principal means by which people
and households acquire resources?either directly, through informal
exchanges, or indirectly, by providing information on how to access
the services provided by governments and other institutions.
Networks in the Global Village focuses on how people use these
networks around the world.
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
(CITAMS), this volume is the second of a two-part series that
celebrates the section's 30th anniversary. Casey Brienza leads the
second of the two volumes - The M in CITAMS@30: Media Sociology -
with former CITAMS chairs Laura Robinson, Barry Wellman, Shelia R.
Cotten, and Wenhong Chen. Volume 18 continues the discussion begun
in Volume 17: Networks, Hacking, and Media--CITAMS@30: Now and Then
and Tomorrow. Both volumes highlight some of the best of the
vibrant, interdisciplinary scholarship in communication,
information technologies and media sociology. Volume 18 develops
the field of media sociology vis-a-vis the roles and impacts of the
digital and traditional media via rich international case studies
that include a broad swath of contexts and cultures. The volume's
authors probe the relationships between inequalities and media, as
well as offering a scintillating array of scholarship on cultural
production and consumption. Assembled together, the work in this
volume showcases the value of interdisciplinary scholarship in the
sociological study of media, communication, and information
technologies. In keeping with the celebration of the thirty-year
anniversary, both volumes open with a foreword by past chair
Wenhong Chen and close with an afterword by past chair Shelia
Cotten.
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media
Sociology section of the American Sociological Association
(CITAMS), this volume celebrates the section's thirtieth
anniversary. Lead editor Barry Wellman joins forces with former and
current CITAMS chairs Wenhong Chen, Shelia Cotten, and Laura
Robinson, as well as Casey Brienza, founder of the Media Sociology
Preconference, to look back at the history of the section, review
some of its most important themes, and set the agenda for future
discussion. Alongside its sister volume, The "M" in CITAMS@30:
Media Sociology, this valuable book shows the impact CITAMS has
had, and continues to have, on academic and public discourse.
Featuring leading scholars in the fields of sociology of
communication, information technologies and media, it reveals how
the section had transcended disciplinary boundaries, and
demonstrates how it holds the skills to address some of the biggest
challenges of our digital age. It is essential reading for all
those interested in both the story of CITAMS to date, and the role
it will play in the future.
"Networks in the Global Village" examines how people live through
personal communities: their networks of friends, neighbors,
relatives, and coworkers. It is the first book to compare the
communities of people around the world. Major social differences
between and within the First, Second, and Third Worlds affect the
opportunities and insecurities with which individuals and
households must deal, the supportive resources they seek, and the
ways in which markets, institutions, and networks structure access
to these resources. Each article written by a resident shows how
living in a country affects the ways in which people use networks
to access resources.Most people's ties in the developed world are
not with neighbors but are widely dispersed. Unlike traditional
studies of communities, social network analysis can identify the
flourishing personal communities that people do have, no matter how
far their ties may stretch and how fragmented their communities may
be.Social networks are one of the principal means by which people
and households acquire resources--either directly, through informal
exchanges, or indirectly, by providing information on how to access
the services provided by governments and other institutions.
"Networks in the Global Village" focuses on how people use these
networks around the world.
This study of social structures looks at the network approach. It
contains non-technical articles that contrast structural analysis
with other social scientific approaches. It deals with individual
behaviour and identity and with neighbourhood and community ties.
It examines the relationships within and between organizations,
discussing how firms occupy strategically appropriate niches. It
also explores the impact of the growth of the Internet, equating
computer networks as social networks connecting people in virtual
communities and collaborative work.
This study of social structures looks at the network approach. It
contains non-technical articles that contrast structural analysis
with other social scientific approaches. It deals with individual
behaviour and identity and with neighbourhood and community ties.
It examines the relationships within and between organizations,
discussing how firms occupy strategically appropriate niches. It
also explores the impact of the growth of the Internet, equating
computer networks as social networks connecting people in virtual
communities and collaborative work.
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