CMNS 453 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mobile Game, Bulletin Board System, Mobile App

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This unit focuses on the social aspect of the mobile society with how they"ve changed the ways we socialize and play games. Affordability has been one of the reasons for the constant spread. Social network analysis pays attention to the things that connect people and influence their behavior. The advancement in ict"s, digital networks, and mobile technologies has increased the capacity in which people can communicate through peer to peer networks. Wellman introduces the concept network individualism , which discusses how individuals use the advancement in ict"s to connect to multiple networks. Wellman feels these have goods and bads but they can influence social capital which are beneficial ties that are created through networking. Putnam, confirmed that the advancement in social networking technology wasn"t leading to isolation but more of a social capital in which people were becoming more connected. While people aren"t doing as much face to face communication they"re still communicating with people just in a different way.

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