CCT109H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Zahed, Network Society, Social Capital

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Brett Caraway

Document Summary

Soon a system for counter representation of news was made as a platform of media. This system is called pop-up news ecology . The geometry of informational power in the network society" . Journalism - the activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines or of broadcasting news on radio or television. Digital communications change all aspects of society. Rise of network society, some people think everyone has equal power, while others argue that it depends on access to the network. Certain nodes have become more central than others. Thus, it is important for those to fight who want to gain power in the network. Power comes from the ability to construct a network or the ability to become the switches between the networks. Those who want to gain power must gain counter power , he or she must reprogram existing networks or disrupt dominant switches.