Impact of Digital Communication - OCR A2 SOCIOLOGY

Impact of Digital Communication - OCR A2 SOCIOLOGY

1. Relationships

   • Turkle
     • Alone Together
   • Granovetter
     • Measuring relationships
       • Time
       • Intensity
       • Intimacy
       • Reciprocity
   • Zhao
     • Connective activities = social ties
     • Krut et al
       • Those with online social connections also have offline relationships
   • Feld
     • We use social networking sites to eveluate ourselves and others.
   • Miller
     • Tales from Facebook
   • Shaw and Grant
     • Positives of the internet
       • Decreases loneliness and depression

2. Identity

   • Case
     • We are all cyborgs now
   • Ellison
     • Identity constructed by user
   • Elliot
     • Fragmented Identity

3. Social Inequalities

   • Gender
     • Lil and Kirkup
       • Study of gender differences in Britain and China
   • Class
     • Mertens and D'Haenens
       • Lower class have less access to the internet and use it for entertainment
       • Upper class have more access to the internet and use it for knowledge and gaining information
     • Knowledge Gap
   • Age
     • Boyle
       • Digital Generation Divide
     • Berry
       • 79% of people under pension age have internet access, only 37% of people over that age have access to the internet.
   • Location
     • Reasons for a Global Digital Divide
       • Education
       • Physical Access
       • Religion
       • Economy
       • Language
       • Political Unrest
       • Censorship
     • Industrialised countries are home to 88% of all internet users, yet make up only 15% of the world's population.