Effects of converged information & communication technologies on our social connectedness

Effects Of Converged Information Communication Technologies On Social Ties

March 1 , 2007

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Table Of Contents

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " Information Communication Technology (ICT ) PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " Social Connectivity PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 3

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " ICT Convergence PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 5

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " Research Justification PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 9

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " Research Purpose PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 10

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " Theoretical Framework PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 11

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " McLuhanism PAGEREF _Toc7 \h

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HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " Uses Gratification Theory PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 12

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " Media System Dependency Theory PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 13

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " Social Construction of Reality Theory PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 14

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc1 " Ethnomethodology Paradigm PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 15

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc2 " Cultivation Analysis Theory PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 16

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc3 " Research Questions PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 17

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc4 " ICT Convergence PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 17

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc5 " Social Ties PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 17

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc6 " Hypothesis Statement PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 18

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc7 " Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 20

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc8 " References PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 21

Information Communication Technology (ICT

It is widely theorised that information communication technology has been created and implemented into the daily lives of the global citizenship , it has impacted the manner in which people interact socially . ICT is the use of technology to distribute information through a connective medium . ICT includes all the mediums of digital technology that transfers information from one place to its destination

Information refers to the creation , manipulation , and dissemination of thoughts and ideas . To this point , ICT can refer to office base software , such as Microsoft Word , database software such as Oracle , and graphic design software such as Macromedia Freehand . Communications refers to the manner in which information is delivered from one point of access to a point of exit . This would include radio and POD broadcasts television shows , e-mail , Web-pages , and so forth . Communication , in the sense of ICT , is the transfer of created information through an electronic network . Technology refers to the actual medium that information is communicated through . This is the personal computer , the cellular phone , the television , and any other electronic device that can send and /or receive communicated information

Social Connectivity

Social connectivity is the manner in which people within a society communicate with each other . ICT , as defined in the above , has literally changed the manner in which humans communicate . Information can be shared across geographical and political bs , and often without direct supervision of an authoritative figure . This not only changes how humanity communicates , but who we communicate with and why we communicate

A social network is , traditionally speaking , the person 's geographical-local connectivity with family , friends , and meetings . The Internet has changed the manner in which the social network of people is activated , where 79 of Internet users who say they communicate with friends and family use the Internet for such communications (Fallows

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