{"id":1047,"date":"2021-10-22T18:26:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T22:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2021-10-22T18:26:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T22:26:55","slug":"network-chloe-whelan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/10\/22\/network-chloe-whelan\/","title":{"rendered":"network- Chloe Whelan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Network is used to describe an entity made up of connections. As a fairly broad term, the definition has changed over the years, and is most commonly used as the umbrella term for information technologies in the modern digital age. The text shows how network can be used in a multitude of ways, primarily being a mediated forum for sharing personal information, organised crime, and a lifestyle or cultural norm. Another aspect of networks are the hierarchies of power that they are built on, with different levels of power used for organization. When trying to understand the concept of a network, I was reminded of the movie “The Social Network” about the creation of Facebook. The creation of Facebook showed the clear presence of hierarchical power, as the platform was originally only available to college students within a select group of schools. The ability to be “connected” on Facebook was determined by its creator Mark Zuckerberg, whose goal was to created a platform that allowed for the rapid spread of personal information that would allow college students to form digital connections and relationships with one another. Since the creation of Facebook, the concept of social networks have taken the world by storm, creating a cultural norm of sharing personal information online in order to be connected to people and the world around us. \"\"<\/p>\n

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Network is used to describe an entity made up of connections. As a fairly broad term, the definition has changed over the years, and is most commonly used as the umbrella term for information technologies in the modern digital age. The text shows how network can be used in a multitude of ways, primarily being a mediated forum for sharing… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5397,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14601],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-network"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5397"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}