SOC356Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Individualism, Social Capital
Document Summary
The new social operating system of networked individualism. Networked individualism as an operating system because it describes the ways in which people connect, communicate and exchange information. It underlines the fact that societies have networked structures that provide opportunities and constraints, rules and procedures. The networked operating system gives people new ways to solve problems and meet social needs, offers more freedom to individuals, requires that people develop new strategies and skills for handling problems. The triple revolution"s impact on how networked individuals live their lives. Social network revolution has provided the opportunities and stresses for people to reach beyond the world of tight groups, more diversity in relationships. Internet revolution has given people communications power and info- gathering capacities that dwarf those of the past, become your own publisher and broadcaster. Mobile revolution has allowed icts to become body appendages allowing people to access friends and information at will, wherever they go.
