From Global Village to Identity Tribes: Context Collapse and the Darkest Timeline
| Autor: | Marco T. Bastos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Tribalism
context collapse disinformation geography global village internet studies polarization Identity (social science) 050801 communication & media studies Context (language use) ddc:070 0508 media and communications Interactive electronic Media Polarization Internet studies 050602 political science & public administration Narrative Social media Disinformation interaktive elektronische Medien News media journalism publishing Context collapse Geography Communication 05 social sciences Communication. Mass media Media studies Timeline P87-96 0506 political science Global village Global citizenship Publizistische Medien Journalismus Verlagswesen |
| Zdroj: | Media and Communication, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 16-24 (2021) Media and Communication Spaces, Places, and Geographies of Public Spheres |
| ISSN: | 2183-2439 |
| Popis: | In this article we trace the development of two narratives describing social media that informed much of internet scholarship. One draws from McLuhan’s axiom positing that communication networks would bring forth a ‘global village,’ a deliberate contradiction in terms to foreground the seamless integration of villages into a global community. Social media would shrink the world and reshape it into a village by moving information instantaneously from any location at any time. By leveraging network technology, it would further increase the density of connections within and across social communities, thereby integrating geographic and cultural areas into a village stretching across the globe. The second narrative comprises a set of metaphors equally inspired by geography but emphasizing instead identity and tribalism as opposed to integration and cooperation. Both narratives are spatially inspired and foreground real-world consequences, either by supporting cooperation or by ripping apart the fabric of society. They nonetheless offer opposing accounts of communication networks: the first is centered on communication and collaboration, and the second highlights polarization and division. The article traces the theoretical and technological developments driving these competing narratives and argues that a digitally enabled global village society may in fact reinforce intergroup boundaries and outgroup stereotyping typical of geographically situated communities. University College Dublin Twitter, Inc. |
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