Essays about: "Manuel Castells"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Manuel Castells.

  1. 6. The Pirate Parties’ Globality

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Monique Morisse; [2014-08-15]
    Keywords : Pirate Party; Globalization; Network Society; Notions of Democracy; Structural Constraints;

    Abstract : In the following, one transnational - and potentially global - phenomenon will be discussed by asking ‘how do the members of the Pirate Party perceive the Pirate Parties’ globality?’ In the first part of this paper, the structures surrounding the Pirate Party are described. It will be argued that the Pirate Party can be regarded as an allegory for globalization. READ MORE

  3. 7. Conducting the Personal Brand : Sociological investigations on brand and identity for one-person enterprisers at social networks sites

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Bååth; [2012]
    Keywords : social media; social network sites; sociology; entrepreneurship; Goffman; Castells; identity; brand; ethnographic methods.;

    Abstract : The object of this master’s dissertation has been to investigate one-person enterprisers’ (OPE) experiences of conducting both personal identity and brand at social network sites (SNS). The purposes of this research have been to elaborate on sociological theories of brand and identity in a network society context and to present hypotheses on how SNS can be developed to empower all OPEs. READ MORE

  4. 8. Motstånd i en ny värld -en studie om nätverkande motstånd via internet

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Rasmus Malmborg; [2012]
    Keywords : Motstånd; Internet; Information; Stop Online Piracy Act; Nätverk; Castells; Rheingold; Frågeformulär; Observation;

    Abstract : Motstånd mot policy, lagförslag, politik, ja allt, har funnits i alla tider. Men idag lever vi i ett samhälle som konstant är uppkopplat mot internet. READ MORE

  5. 9. A New World Order: Towards the Ideal-Type of Bureaucracy 2.0

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Jonas Bååth; [2011]
    Keywords : Ideal-type; Governmentality; Network society; Weber; Foucault; Castells; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the ideal-type of bureaucracy, Max Weber outlined the creation of the modern state as an iron-cage of disenchantment and quantification. This thesis updates Weber’s ideal-type on the notion that the modern nation state is declining, and the large institutions with it. READ MORE

  6. 10.  ICT Adoption and newly arrived Refugees in Falun, Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad; Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

    Author : Precious Eyesan; [2010]
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    Abstract : Sociologists are concerned with the social implications of technology; new social networks, virtual communities and ways of interaction that have arisen lately. The Internet which is the newest in a series of major information breakthroughs is of interest to sociologists in various ways for example: as a tool for research, for example, in using online questionnaires instead of paper ones, as a discussion platform, a communication tool and as a research topic. READ MORE