SOC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Evgeny Morozov, Participatory Democracy, Encyclopædia Britannica
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The rise of technology causes a social shift. Everything old was new , like technology, at some point; i. e. reading. The fragmentation of popular culture into many popular cultures. Many new genres are not an expansion of pop culture. Learning to love celine: 21 st -century taste: we participate in pop culture to deviate from others (as per pierre. Electronic sources of critique replace reading: a more democratic critique has come out due to many pop cultures. We become more open-minded to what we are critiquing. The impact of new communication technologies and social media: social/political developments travel around; firing up debates, challenge and question choices made by organizations. The number of events makes people"s outcry not resulting in any action: has problems with privacy matters. Social media and political change: causes political revolution/developments in culture. Chapter 10 notes popular culture in the 21 st century: clay shirky is positive about new communication technologies:
