Networks of Change: The Sociology of Network Media

Stig Hjarvard

doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1202-4_44-1

Networks of Change: The Sociology of Network Media

Department of Communication

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the social dimensions of the Internet and various forms of network media. It places particular emphasis on the network character of such media and how they may change existing forms of social structures in favor of networked forms of organization. The perspective is predominantly sociological, including perspectives from media sociology. The chapter examines existing theoretical arguments concerning the nature of the Internet and network media and their influence on society within the framework of mediatization theory (Hjarvard 2013). The dynamics of networks in social and cultural change are then demonstrated in an analysis of changing forms of individualism in contemporary culture. The chapter is organized as a response to five questions: What is a network? What is not a network? What are network media? What is a network society? What kind of individualism does a network foster?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Second International Handbook of Internet Research
Editors	J. Hunsinger, L. Klastrup, M. Allen
Number of pages	23
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	8 Jul 2018
Pages	1-23
ISBN (Print)	978-9402415537
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-024-1202-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1202-4_44-1
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2018

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Bureaucracy
Individualism
Network
Mediatization
Social change

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