Does the “Platform Society” Mean the End of the “Network Society?” Reflections on Platforms and the Structure and Dynamics of Networks
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642221092797
Abstract: Scholars and journalistic accounts have devoted growing interest to the centralizing trends characterizing platforms and the “platform society.” They often oppose this model to the alleged openness, horizontality, and “equality” they attach to “networks.” Such… read more here.
Keywords: network; network society; structure dynamics; society ... See more keywords
Interpersonal Communication in the Information Age: Opportunities and Disruptions
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642221092801
Abstract: Starting from the interpersonal communication theories that have incorporated the use of information and communication technologies (Walther, 2007, 2011, 2017) and the perpetual interconnectedness to understand human behavior in interaction with others (Walther et al.,… read more here.
Keywords: interpersonal communication; network society; communication; information age ... See more keywords
The Network Society Revisited
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642221092803
Abstract: The theory of the network society, in my own version, was originally elaborated in the book that, under the title The Rise of the Network Society, I published in 1996. It was revised and updated… read more here.
Keywords: society revisited; network; network society;
The Network and the Society: Structure and Agency in Castells’ Theory
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DOI: 10.1177/00027642221092805
Abstract: The aim of the article is to explore the theoretical tension between structure and agency as laid out by Manuel Castells, from The Rise of the Network Society (1996) to Networks of Outrage and Hope… read more here.
Keywords: structure agency; agency; structure; network society ... See more keywords
The Midlife Crisis of the Network Society
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v6i4.1751
Abstract: The network society is moving into some sort of middle age, or has at least normalized into the daily set of expectations people have for how they live their lives, not to mention consume news… read more here.
Keywords: midlife crisis; network society; crisis network;