Wednesday, July 11, 2007

chapter 8 detailed outline

The Global Implications of the Internet: Challenges and Prospects
I. Convergence Theory and cultural identity:
II. System approach and social networks:
III. Structural Model of Intercultural Communication:
A. Process of streghthening the worldwide social relations that link distance localities.
B. Trans-border communication has opened covergence.
IV. The Network Structure and the International Internet:
A. Information Flow via the internet facilitate convergence universal sets off beliefs.
B. National Culture is strongly related to a country's position in the internet network.
V. Implications of the structural Model for Natural Identity:
Current Trends:
A. Cultural Homogenization:" the convergence of the indigeneous cultures of the world into a universal culture."
B. The process of cultural globalization can be considered homogenization and hybridization.
VI. Implications for National Identity:
The future
A. Computer Mediated Communication

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