Week 6 class note--- Network society

Network Society - Castells (1996) “As an historical trend,dominant functions and processes are increasingly organized around networks.

uilds onto the foundations of the Information Society and focuses on networks and their organizational forms.

Network Society - Castells (1996) “As an historical trend, dominant functions and processes are increasingly organized around networks.Networks constitute the new social morphology of our societies, and the diffusion of networking logic substantially modifies the operation and outcomes in processes of production, experience,power and culture.”

1. Tribal society

2. Ancient civilization

3. Industrial society

4. Network society

Network Society Characteristics - Barney (2004)

Presence of digital technologies forming basic infrastructure of social,political & economic practices.

Networks as basic form of human organization and relationships.

Primacy of the generation and distribution of knowledge and information. Emphasis on continuous technological innovation and flexibility as source of economic growth.